(Circa 2014)
Here’s goes nothing..
So here’s the thing, I don’t know a whole lot about blogging and have never really followed many, but then one day I’m walking down the street with a friend, she asks if I’ve ever thought about starting a blog, and here I am. The wheels started turning, and well long story short I thought I may be able to write but the ideas don’t always come as easy. You see we’d spent the day walking the city and talking about life, that’s kind of our thing. We like deep conversations, putting meaning and experience into our day to day lives, and learning from these conversations that could go any which way on any given day. We often talk about the same thing, and we may talk about it for hours, but at the end of the day it is these conversations that we enjoy and appreciate that led us here, thinking perhaps a blog would be fun in sharing our thoughts and experience. While many people think deep conversations about life and the human experience are nerdy, we embrace these moments, enjoy these conversations and figured we’d test the waters. For any poor soul who shares in this passion and ideas, we hope to hear from you and learn from those who throw us a bone. After all that’s why we’re here, to learn and to grow. To broaden our horizons and gain more insight daily into our lives and how to better ourselves along the way. Yes, there is a 99% chance this blog will not go past its first entry, and I think why try, but I fall back on one of many quotes I love… “What if I fail? Oh darling, but what if you fly?.”
But to give a little more background, here’s our story.
It started over 4 years ago now when I found myself in a lonely dorm room moving to the city for some crazy college years, little did I know these would be some of the best years of my life so far. I was paired up with another girl on the Seattle U Women’s soccer team, her name was Kat, and she is about 5’2”. That is 4 inches shorter than me, with long dark dyed hair at the time, and a personality that far outweighs her own body weight. Oh and did I mention that along with Kat walked in my dad’s twin? And by that I mean her own dad, who almost creepily looks and acts just like my own. So through this whole experience not only did I gain one of my best friends, but a second dad in case I ever needed two.
Kat and I are a bit different, even more so when we first met, and by a bit different I mean so opposite in many ways especially coming into college. Kat was much more worldly than I, and turns out that was exactly what I needed. This girl broke me out my shell, and gave me the opportunity to truly discover myself and who I wanted to be. To this day we are still different in many ways, but deep down share the same values and that’s all that truly matters. We have developed a friendship that I no doubt believe will last the rest of our lives. She is one person I know will always have my back, and who can always put a smile on my face (except when she drives me up a wall, which is few and far between but has happened). That’s what I love about our friendship, we are different in many ways, have had our ups and downs, we have hated each other at times but yet through it all have developed a friendship that will last a lifetime in recognizing and respecting our differences, and accepting each other exactly as we are.
Kat is one of the the most positive individuals I know, and her outlook on life is incredible. She always looks on the bright side of things and is truly full of life. She is not afraid to take chances and be herself, and it radiates. She can brighten any room and if you ask anyone who knows her I know they would say the same. Because of her I myself have become a more positive and outgoing person, and I absolutely love her for it. So through this all I hope you all can learn from her as I have, and develop better friendships in learning the value in trying to see things from another’s point of view. Because both Kat and I have learned this ourselves through our friendship, and have come to enjoy this beauty of life. The ability to learn from those around us and share in the human experience in doing so. To Kill a Mockingbird’s Atticus Finch once put is so clearly, “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view . . . until you climb into his skin and walk around in it,” and that is why I am here. To share our experiences and encourage you to share yours in seeking to find deeper meaning in this thing called life. Because when you come to accept others as the are and share in your differences, you often find yourself surrounded by some pretty incredible people. Because truly, in the end, we are all human and share this experience called life. We all just want to be happy, and when we do life together it often becomes much easier. So join this journey and we hope that is lasts, and if it does not then at least we have tried. You never really regret the things you have done but rather the things you never did, and so here’s to having no regrets and living life to the fullest with the people around us.
Present Day: As you can see I have been thinking about this idea of a blog for 6 years now, and I still get anxious just thinking about sharing my words with others. It’s way easier to keep these thoughts tucked in between the pages of journals past, to keep my emotions hidden away, but I made myself a promise long ago to live life to the fullest, and I would not be doing so if I did not at least try. It might fail, or it might fly, but whichever it is, it will have been worth it. Thank you Kat for planting this seed so long ago, I hope it grows and you know that you will have always been a part of it.