I got to see one of my all time favorite musicians last night — the incredible Jacob Collier.
One of my all time favorite musical experiences is being in a giant audience chorus directed by a joyful, creative, and generous genius.
Because I don’t know if any of my photos will load today, I know this post will be one of my all time favorites if I also share this:
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One of my all time favorite ways of approaching life is to keep trying, despite obstacles, holding out hope for the best, so let’s see if my photos load today!
Yay!After an upsetting experience yesterday, I went to Sephora and met Mary Kate! She is now one of my all time favorite beauty consultants. Here are two of my all time favorite Jacob Collier fans — Aija and her son Daniel. Aija told me about their involvement in many musical, artistic, and other creative endeavors, including the Baltic Film Festival. Aija also showed me a picture of her all time favorite kitten.
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After I got home from one of my all time favorite concerts, I asked a question about all time favorites on Twitter.
One of my all time favorite things to do on Twitter is to share the Daily Holidays.
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Let’s see if today’s Daily Bitch is one of my all time favorites…
Nah. But this is one of my all time favorites:
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Thanks to Jacob Collier, Mary Kate, Daniel, Aija, my friends on Twitter, the Daily Bitch, cool cats, and my all time favorite readers, including YOU!!
Perhaps that’s why I was inspired to capture this image yesterday:
I am now inspired to show you the whole picture which, honestly, made me laugh.
I am inspired that Chobani came up with a new way to describe limitations. When I showed this new yogurt yesterday to my husband Michael, he was inspired to laugh and say “no limes.” I was inspired to reply, “ no pie.”
Are you inspired by any of my other images for today?
Yesterday, when I was wearing that t-shirt, somebody asked me, “Who is it?” and I didn’t have an answer.
Apparently, it’s not me this morning. My laptop computer is inexplicably dead, dead, dead and I am calm, calm, calm, despite my usual panic about such things.
If it’s not me, who is it? Perhaps it’s somebody who finally realizes that fear and panic solve nothing.
It’s not me in my other photos from yesterday.
It’s now me pointing out that my laptop was working perfectly well last night before we watched the Boston fireworks from our home.
It’s not me who can fix an Apple laptop, so I’ll be consulting some expert today.
It is me who is the expert on my own experience; it’s not me who is the expert on computer technology (even though I used to be a technical writer).
It’s not me who prefers to blog on my phone; it is me who overcomes obstacles to do what’s important to me.
It’s not me who is singing this …
… but it is me who will be performing my second original song at an Open Mic tomorrow night.
It’s not me who said “Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life” but it is me who has gratitude, here and now, for all who helped me create today’s post and — of course! — for YOU.
What are your first associations with the word “Purpose”?
When I take photos, it’s more intuitive than purposeful. But I purposely have faith that each of the photos will serve a purpose in this blog.
One of my co-workers sent me those, on purpose, through the office mail. I think her purpose was to amuse me and to connect with our mutual love of cats and experience of the local weather.
I purposefully took that picture of my co-worker Megan’s white board. Megan wrote that with the purpose of helping people improve their self-care.
I took those two photos with the purpose of documenting that THERE WERE NO MATZO BALLS in the hospital’s Matzo Ball soup when Megan and I went to lunch.
I purposely took that photo of a Mongolian Lamb Stool because:
On purpose, I just linked that last line to an old blog post, because that finally answers a question I posed two years ago, which nobody here ever guessed. Sometimes it takes a while to fulfill a purpose.
My purpose in taking that photo was that I believe we’re here to help each other, for free.
My purpose in taking and sharing that photo is that I like to celebrate communities everywhere.
My purpose in taking those photos is to share some things I love seeing these days.
My purpose in taking that last photo of the day was to show that
things can happen — on purpose or not — to slow us down or even stop us for a while and
with purpose, we can overcome obstacles, especially with help from others.
I hope this post isn’t falling flat, because that is neither my intent nor my purpose.
