one of my friends wrote a poem about the kind of person she wants to be...(i need to ask permission first, and if she agrees, i can post it here) but basically, one who still writes old fashioned letters with stamps on them and practices kindness, reads real books and sleeps in hammocks. there are two basic ways to become yourself: learn who you don't want to be and grow more into who you DO want to be. i want to be a very fun, slightly frivolous, reverently irreverent, frolicksome whoosh of stardust that also has substance. that if you poke me with your finger, i don't fall over. that i can be silly because you know i would take you seriously in a moment and could have a real conversation at any time of the day or night. the kind of person who is just at home with small children as well as sages and everyone in between. i want to remember to say thank you. to always identify with the salt of the earth type folks, knowing that being in touch with my simple roots and having expensive taste do not have to be mutually exclusive. i want to notice, care, ask, and listen. i want to have a relationship with the passing of time in such a way that i know when to "waste" it and when to seize it, knowing the thin line in between that always values it. and i want to put people first always. two quotes i read recently resonate with this, "i quit my job and i made this decision that i was only going to do things that i love to do." a harvard sociology study finds that the happiest people who find themselves in later life stages are those who, "...learn to speak a foreign language, play jazz piano, surf, act, write plays...what characterizes them all is the willingness to take risks, experience vulnerability and uncertainty, learn from experimentation and failure, seek guidance and counsel from younger generations and develop new relationships of support and intimacy." yes, that's the kind of person i want to be.
one of my friends wrote a poem about the kind of person she wants to be...(i need to ask permission first, and if she agrees, i can post it here) but basically, one who still writes old fashioned letters with stamps on them and practices kindness, reads real books and sleeps in hammocks. there are two basic ways to become yourself: learn who you don't want to be and grow more into who you DO want to be. i want to be a very fun, slightly frivolous, reverently irreverent, frolicksome whoosh of stardust that also has substance. that if you poke me with your finger, i don't fall over. that i can be silly because you know i would take you seriously in a moment and could have a real conversation at any time of the day or night. the kind of person who is just at home with small children as well as sages and everyone in between. i want to remember to say thank you. to always identify with the salt of the earth type folks, knowing that being in touch with my simple roots and having expensive taste do not have to be mutually exclusive. i want to notice, care, ask, and listen. i want to have a relationship with the passing of time in such a way that i know when to "waste" it and when to seize it, knowing the thin line in between that always values it. and i want to put people first always. two quotes i read recently resonate with this, "i quit my job and i made this decision that i was only going to do things that i love to do." a harvard sociology study finds that the happiest people who find themselves in later life stages are those who, "...learn to speak a foreign language, play jazz piano, surf, act, write plays...what characterizes them all is the willingness to take risks, experience vulnerability and uncertainty, learn from experimentation and failure, seek guidance and counsel from younger generations and develop new relationships of support and intimacy." yes, that's the kind of person i want to be.
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