This post is basically to tip my hat to Thanksgiving, as well as to bring light to many things we take advantage of every day. First of all, I am thankful for the opportunity to live in a country where any desire I choose to pursue is not only encouraged, but supported (as long as it's legal of course). An inappropraite amount of people can't say that this is true. I am also thankful to have a family that calls me up just to tell me they saw the credits rolling and thought of me... even though I'm not in them haha. Thanks Mom, Dad, and Tim for supporting me in my journey to live my dream.
Alright. So now that it's out of the way, I almost ran over a man the other day. I looked both ways, I tagged him in my brain as someone that needs to cross the street, yet when I turned my head to see if other cars are coming and then proceeded to accelerate, I saw he was already walking into the street. Everyone's okay as it was just a close call, but after the adrenaline dissipated as I was driving away and thinking about the life that was jeopardized (even though I feel I did everything to prevent the potential hazard), it got me thinking... am I on autopilot and did I really need to go immediately after checking the intersection? Am I just so used to getting things done that taking it slow seems almost ridiculous? Are we all just running through our lives without really stopping to enjoy the breeze? Maybe if we got up ten minutes earlier each day, the feeling you had that made you hit the pedal too fast would be gone. Maybe the red light you felt like running through wouldn't seem like such a challenge to stop at.
Living in Los Angeles has taught me a valuable lesson- one in which I'm glad to say didn't require something major or tragic to happen in my life for me try learn it. Everyone around me in their car on the freeway, on the sidewalk, at the bus station is in a hurry to get somewhere, but has forgotten to enjoy the little things. I've lived in LA for almost 2 years now and I was so set on "making it happen" and getting my career going that I have forgotten to really sit down and enjoy myself, take a moment to go see the sunset, or even just sit down and enjoy a good book that has nothing to do with how accomplished I want to be.
What would you do if time stopped? What would you be thankful for in those moments alone with nothing to do?
I hope you all had a happy turkey day, enjoyed your friends and family, and most of all... enjoyed yourself.
