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What turbulent times these be. I just voted and I am rather proud of myself. I feel like I went out there and did something concidering how much I bitch about politics.
At the polling office I was trying to be as happy as I could around the people that were working there because I know it has got to suck. The woman that that was handing out the stickers was just droning with her "Thank you" and the people would not even look at her take their sticker and leave. So when I got mine I look at here smiled and said thank you in the most encouraging tone I had. She smiled back and seemed to perk up a little. Stuff like that makes my days worth while, and I know how much it means working as a cashier for so long. One simple thing like that often turned my day around.
I feel like as I am getting older I am kind of recessing back into a more child like attitude twords things. I feel like I am more idealistic, more in tune with the small things, more wonderous about my world around me than I was say in high school. It has become a personal mission of mine to try to help everyone I can with little things. Hence why I got the livestrong braclets. I am enjoying stuff like that more and more with each passing day.
One of the reasons why I love amelie so much is the begining where they are talking about the things that people like doing. It was all of the simplest stuff imaginable, i.e. skipping rocks or cleaning out your toolbox. I can identify with that as most of my joy in life is comming from the small things now.
I have also found a certain comfort in being kind of sad. Not necesarily in a bad way but often I will put on "Supernothing" or "Drunk Again" and sit back and listen to them, while trying to take in the meaning. It depresses me to a certain respect but makes me feel alive at the same time. Mabye it is grasping the darker side of me and being comfortable with it instead of running away with it like I have in the past. Mabye I don't know what I am talking about.
The search inward continues :).
At the polling office I was trying to be as happy as I could around the people that were working there because I know it has got to suck. The woman that that was handing out the stickers was just droning with her "Thank you" and the people would not even look at her take their sticker and leave. So when I got mine I look at here smiled and said thank you in the most encouraging tone I had. She smiled back and seemed to perk up a little. Stuff like that makes my days worth while, and I know how much it means working as a cashier for so long. One simple thing like that often turned my day around.
I feel like as I am getting older I am kind of recessing back into a more child like attitude twords things. I feel like I am more idealistic, more in tune with the small things, more wonderous about my world around me than I was say in high school. It has become a personal mission of mine to try to help everyone I can with little things. Hence why I got the livestrong braclets. I am enjoying stuff like that more and more with each passing day.
One of the reasons why I love amelie so much is the begining where they are talking about the things that people like doing. It was all of the simplest stuff imaginable, i.e. skipping rocks or cleaning out your toolbox. I can identify with that as most of my joy in life is comming from the small things now.
I have also found a certain comfort in being kind of sad. Not necesarily in a bad way but often I will put on "Supernothing" or "Drunk Again" and sit back and listen to them, while trying to take in the meaning. It depresses me to a certain respect but makes me feel alive at the same time. Mabye it is grasping the darker side of me and being comfortable with it instead of running away with it like I have in the past. Mabye I don't know what I am talking about.
The search inward continues :).