layers, upon layers...
with my five year reunion looming just over the horizon -- i pause to look back and see just where i have gotten in the last five years.
and i'm somewhere. and i've done so many things.
and i'm proud of how those five years have slowly molded me into something and someone new. it was a gradual process - akin to the way water slowly carves away stone.
every season, every rain brings me another slight change. the kind of change you will miss if you blink.
i think to myself about this week -- about how i've spent 15 hours already at Omaha's Got Talent. and i wonder how i grew from the selfish youth from those few years ago to this woman who will sacrifice of herself for something she cares about.
someone asked me why i care?
is that really even a question that should be asked, i wonder. or is it even a question i can answer? i simply care because i feel passionate about my community, about my profession, and about this cause. i don't care for any other reason but it fills me up to give to others.
perhaps i am just selfish in a new way.
so today wasn't the best day, but knowing that i ended it by doing something that is worthwhile makes all the negativity drain away.
and i hold fast, careful not to blink, and see yet another layer of myself.
and i understand myself just that much more.
and i'm somewhere. and i've done so many things.
and i'm proud of how those five years have slowly molded me into something and someone new. it was a gradual process - akin to the way water slowly carves away stone.
every season, every rain brings me another slight change. the kind of change you will miss if you blink.
i think to myself about this week -- about how i've spent 15 hours already at Omaha's Got Talent. and i wonder how i grew from the selfish youth from those few years ago to this woman who will sacrifice of herself for something she cares about.
someone asked me why i care?
is that really even a question that should be asked, i wonder. or is it even a question i can answer? i simply care because i feel passionate about my community, about my profession, and about this cause. i don't care for any other reason but it fills me up to give to others.
perhaps i am just selfish in a new way.
so today wasn't the best day, but knowing that i ended it by doing something that is worthwhile makes all the negativity drain away.
and i hold fast, careful not to blink, and see yet another layer of myself.
and i understand myself just that much more.