Finding the calm...
I'm here in Spokane, WA right now. Specifically, I'm at my lake home on Newman Lake. It's the perfect place to be after the stress of finals week and moving out of the dorms. Because both of those events are over, I don't feel the need to reflect back on them.
This is only the third time I've been out here. My Dad and Dana have owned it for quite some time now. Since i've been here last our property has expanded. The house itself looks the same. It's right on the water, and by that I mean, if I jumped out the window to the right of me, I would land in the lake. If you walk along the water around the perimeter of our property, you'd come across these towering rocks along the hill side. It's so beautiful. Some of them stretch out across the water so you can sit and look out beyond the mountains. It's not hot here. It's not cold either. The air is slightly chilly, and the clouds beyond the lake and above the mountains are dark, promising rain soon ahead. There's something so calming about rain out here. The slight breeze, the raindrops on the water, the sound of the water hitting the side of our dock....it's like music. More than anything it brings a sense of quiet. At college, you don't really get to find that peace. There's always so much noise, so much chaos, and stress. Dana has been playing this beautful cd of piano music. It's almost hypnotizing the way the water ripples, as if it were dancing to the music.
You get a lot of time to think out here. After the past few weeks at school, it's nice to be able to think about something other than a test. My thoughts lately have been about what I want to do this summer. Not just your typical plans though. I mean, those things we all tell ourself ever time the summer comes around. They're like new years resolutions. Every year, the summer comes around and I set all these goals for myself. I think about ways that I want to improve, things that I want to change for the next school year. I was wondering if I'd accomplish my goals this year, because it's become quite a habbit to make these goals and see no results. It use to be each year that I would lose weight, and when I came back to school people would be so shocked at how much I'd changed. This year, it's actually to gain weight..muscle that is. I'm hoping to work out a lot this summer, go climbing with Matt, go running when I'm bored in the evening, and build the strength that I desperately need. I also want to start practicing the piano. My step sister needs someone to take care of her keyboard, and I should have room in my new place this summer. It's funny, the music that I'm listening to now is reminding me of how much learning to play the piano means to me.
With so much peace out here, my mind is bringing up millions of thoughts. I couldn't possible put them all here, or it would be the longest journal entry ever. For now, I think i'm just going to enjoy this time. For those of you who's summers haven't provided the probably much needed peace you're looking for, just remember that the calm is all around us, you just have to find it.
"You're not alone"
~Phoenix
This is only the third time I've been out here. My Dad and Dana have owned it for quite some time now. Since i've been here last our property has expanded. The house itself looks the same. It's right on the water, and by that I mean, if I jumped out the window to the right of me, I would land in the lake. If you walk along the water around the perimeter of our property, you'd come across these towering rocks along the hill side. It's so beautiful. Some of them stretch out across the water so you can sit and look out beyond the mountains. It's not hot here. It's not cold either. The air is slightly chilly, and the clouds beyond the lake and above the mountains are dark, promising rain soon ahead. There's something so calming about rain out here. The slight breeze, the raindrops on the water, the sound of the water hitting the side of our dock....it's like music. More than anything it brings a sense of quiet. At college, you don't really get to find that peace. There's always so much noise, so much chaos, and stress. Dana has been playing this beautful cd of piano music. It's almost hypnotizing the way the water ripples, as if it were dancing to the music.
You get a lot of time to think out here. After the past few weeks at school, it's nice to be able to think about something other than a test. My thoughts lately have been about what I want to do this summer. Not just your typical plans though. I mean, those things we all tell ourself ever time the summer comes around. They're like new years resolutions. Every year, the summer comes around and I set all these goals for myself. I think about ways that I want to improve, things that I want to change for the next school year. I was wondering if I'd accomplish my goals this year, because it's become quite a habbit to make these goals and see no results. It use to be each year that I would lose weight, and when I came back to school people would be so shocked at how much I'd changed. This year, it's actually to gain weight..muscle that is. I'm hoping to work out a lot this summer, go climbing with Matt, go running when I'm bored in the evening, and build the strength that I desperately need. I also want to start practicing the piano. My step sister needs someone to take care of her keyboard, and I should have room in my new place this summer. It's funny, the music that I'm listening to now is reminding me of how much learning to play the piano means to me.
With so much peace out here, my mind is bringing up millions of thoughts. I couldn't possible put them all here, or it would be the longest journal entry ever. For now, I think i'm just going to enjoy this time. For those of you who's summers haven't provided the probably much needed peace you're looking for, just remember that the calm is all around us, you just have to find it.
"You're not alone"
~Phoenix