Im a point A to point B kinda girl. I have pages upon pages in notebooks written with my goals, dreams and how the heck I am going to get there. I even sometimes list the possible bumps in the road that might come my way. I like having plans to some extent..although I do enjoy the turbulance that can come my way on the journey..it always opens my eyes, inspires and smacks sense into me…the following story is a story that focuses on the turbulance between A and B.
This weekend Scott and I headed to the most perfect spot at the most perfect time to work on our project. We got there and set up the tripod and realized we left the quick release plate (essential to attach a camera to a tripod) at home…only about 15 minutes away. I insisted Scott had to go get the plate although he wanted to shoot what we could without the plate. He gave into what I wanted and went home to get the plate..while I sat there waiting..I watched the sun disappear behind the mountains, pouting and thinking of all the stuff we could have captured without the plate. Yes..Scott was right. When he returned it was hard for me to continue our project right away because I knew he was right and I was wrong and we just missed the perfect opportunities to create. It was just so hard for me to swallow my pride and I whined about how great it could have been…woulda coulda shoulda. Scott shook me out of my funk and smacked sense into me..thats what was..this is what is. We created wonderful art with what we had available but it was so hard for me to shake off how childish I was in the process. Seriously Mary?
Who am I to get what I want? I am so undeserving..we all are.I love that line that The Postal Service sings “We are just visitors here..we are not permanent”. We need to take what we can get and make what we want with what we have available. There will be turbulance in the process of achieving our dreams and we have to let it be. We do need to work hard to get where we want to be but we can’t get mad if things don’t work out our way because there are always other ways around it. There are tons of other factors in the equation that have a purpose. I believe everything happens for a reason although sometimes I want to be stubborn and block that out of all possibility…but in the end we all know the truth. We can’t control everything.
We can get carried away with what we want and how we are going to get there but then again we can just let the wind carry us to our Point B’s and not worry about the journey and details. I am working hard to be carried through this life the 2nd way..I hope you let your feet lift off the ground and let all worries go as well.
Here is a little glimpse into our project that we will shortly be sharing with all of you. Thanks for sitting through my Sunday ramblings! Hope you all have had a great weekend..and if not…it’s not over yet!
by Mary
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