Lots of thoughts running through my head lately. To the point that I have been struggling to actually make a coherent sentence with them. Let alone music to match my mood. Nothing is more frustrating for me than when I can't find a song to express what I am feeling and thinking.
But here goes an attempt.
I have been thinking about the word "I" a lot.
First. Have you ever noticed that we are quite the conceited beings? No matter the situation, no matter the questions, the first thing that everyone thinks is - How is this going to affect me? We then will turn to our family, our friends, our world, strangers, and everyone else. But our instinct is always to worry about ourselves first.
Second. For those who don't know me well, a little background is necessary here. I have a Masters degree in Social Work. So I have had quite a bit of education on counseling, communication, etc. Because of this, my brain tends to work a little differently. As I was thinking about how we are always concerned with ourselves first, I turned to the other side of using "I". When in an honest conversation, it is really important to us "I" statements. That way, you aren't accusing the person you are talking to of having feelings, thoughts, etc., that maybe they aren't experiencing. For example, saying I felt angry versus you made me mad.
So here I am, trying to merge these two very different ideas. One where I feel like we need to cut back on thinking about ourselves and one where we need to use I more often. And yep, didn't get too far. I think it boils down to the intention behind it. Is the intention to help those around us, or to care only about ourselves?
I'm not saying that we can't ever think about ourselves, I'm not saying that we don't have a right to worry about what happens to our immediate life amongst everything else. I'm just saying that maybe we need to try and move outside of ourselves. Maybe we need to think about others first, then take our preference into account. Or...maybe we just need to try it once in a while. It is not exactly an easy change to make. Each day, choose one decision, one situation, one opportunity to think outside of ourselves and maybe we can be just a little better.
Wow. Sorry for the ramblings.
In other news, it has been a crazy couple of weeks. Spent some time on the other side of the state to celebrate a friends birthday, and lots of time busy getting back into the fall swing of things. Even though I am not in school, the school year always has tons more stuff going on. And for fun we have also had Oktoberfest and Art Prize. Oh, yeah, and last night was an AMAZING show. Pics and video are coming.
The birthday boy :)
What birthday party is complete without a little 8 vs 1 Trivial Pursuit?!?
Chocolate cake for breakfast
Mmmm....Oktoberfest
ArtPrize time!!!
The winning quilt
And so, with all the crazy thoughts, all the busyness, all the randomness, I have a phenomenal song for you. And it works well since the artist is one that I saw last night.
I give you - "Beautiful Pain" by Keaton Simons
Very insightful! Great pics of art prize! Miss you much!
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