There are those moments in life when things magically congeal in your heart and mind to make perfect sense. I am having one of those moments right now. I’m not sure if it’s the fact that I am feeling fragile and sensitive, or if it is the song that I can hear in my heart that is harmonizing with the one my brain recognizes, or if it is the indigo in the sky or the green of the fluttering leaves, or the smiles in the faces of youth so hopeful, or the feeling that I am entering something new… but I am inspired.

My inspirations:

People (there are way too many to name…)

Music (Explosions in the Sky, Death Cab, Lupe Fiasco, Jason Mraz, Coldplay)

Books and Mags (National Geographic, Discover, and whatever my book of the week is…)

My running shoes (just looking at them inspires me)

Professional athletes (is this bad? Their grace and ability makes me dream…)

The sun (a glowing ball of energy that keeps our planet alive… what more can be said?)

Making mistakes (they always remind me what a fool I am… and strangely, I love coming back to my imperfections… they give me a need for salvation… without mistakes… God would not be God)

A crowd of faces (think of how much complexity lies in a crowd of 70 or 7,000 or a world of 7 billion; what are we all thinking? what are we all experiencing? what are we feeling?… to dwell on that is incredible and impossible…)

The universe (or the thought of what it is… we see only a sliver of creation…)

The natural world (plants, animals, even viruses… are amazing.)

I know some of these things seems strange… but I am writing out of inspiration. Thanks for listening and being patient with my ramblings…