happy leap day!
today i am fascinated by, well, today. this day only happens every 1,460 days. crazy? i guess i've never realized how cool leap day is. maybe i've realized, but i've never appreciated it.
my most favorite writer, shauna niequist, wrote this in cold tangerines:
"i choose to believe that there may be a thousand big moments embedded in this day, waiting to be discovered like tiny shards of gold."
isn't that lovely? i'm so appreciative of optimism, of people who think and write and live like this. because it inspires me to do the same.
for some reason, i've had a new perspective today. i woke up this morning, and- i honestly don't know what made me do this- i decided to dress cute. woah, shocker. this doesn't seem like that big of a deal. i did it almost every day for the past 4 years in high school. but today, i woke up feeling allergic to the monotony of yoga pants and t-shirts.
and you know what? i'm so happy i did. in the span of three hours, i saw at least three or four old friends from home that i never run into here on campus. that got me thinking. what if today didn't happen? i would have never seen those people, never restrengthened those connections with four precious people. it sort of blew my mind. i always say "appreciate each day, love the little details, blah blah." and i really, really mean those things with everything i am. but today feels like an extra-special gift. so unwrap it, treasure it, and use it all up.
today i am fascinated by, well, today. this day only happens every 1,460 days. crazy? i guess i've never realized how cool leap day is. maybe i've realized, but i've never appreciated it.
my most favorite writer, shauna niequist, wrote this in cold tangerines:
"i choose to believe that there may be a thousand big moments embedded in this day, waiting to be discovered like tiny shards of gold."
isn't that lovely? i'm so appreciative of optimism, of people who think and write and live like this. because it inspires me to do the same.
for some reason, i've had a new perspective today. i woke up this morning, and- i honestly don't know what made me do this- i decided to dress cute. woah, shocker. this doesn't seem like that big of a deal. i did it almost every day for the past 4 years in high school. but today, i woke up feeling allergic to the monotony of yoga pants and t-shirts.
and you know what? i'm so happy i did. in the span of three hours, i saw at least three or four old friends from home that i never run into here on campus. that got me thinking. what if today didn't happen? i would have never seen those people, never restrengthened those connections with four precious people. it sort of blew my mind. i always say "appreciate each day, love the little details, blah blah." and i really, really mean those things with everything i am. but today feels like an extra-special gift. so unwrap it, treasure it, and use it all up.