Some times I get a certain idea or thought stuck in my head. I mull it over for days. It continues to manifest it's way into my thoughts until I figure out what I need to do to wrestle with the idea, thought or person.
I was recently watching a TV show (yes, TV can be inspiring). I was struck by the idea of something that was said on that show about great character development in TV characters. The statement was the person "just happens to also be..." as if every person in the universe is not just one dimentional - but also they just happen to be a lot of other things. About looking at a person for who they are.
So I thought of this in context of me. I have so often identified myself with the just so happens to be with the mutlple jobs that I have - from blogger, to hotel sales, to ski lift ticket sales to fitness sales. (Ok, - so maybe I overdo it with sales).
But I also happen to be a mom. I happen to be someone who is a friend, I happen to have other passions and interests.
I have done and I have seen - but I desire more. To see more. To do more. To be this. To be that. I just happen to be a whole lot more than I think I put out there. I am not sure how many other people think of the just so happens to be in everyone else's life.
What else do they have on their plate? What else occupies their thoughts? What do they celebrate? What do they morn? Who were they? Who will they be? Ultimately, to understand a person I have to get to the "what else they happen to be." an dI might be able to better understand....or have them understand me.
Saturday, November 9, 2013
Saturday, November 2, 2013
Life's Mysteries Unraveled
So I have been texting this new friend of mine. I feel like I am getting to know him better (Yes, you can do that on text). I started this new "game" called question of the day (QOD). I started out asking some of what I might call simple questions - what is your favorite color? What would you want with you on a deserted island?
But then I want to get to know him better - so I threw out a more difficult question today. The question prompt was - what is one of life's mysteries that you believe you have figured out. Then i thought about what I would need to say if I had to answer that question.
For me, the mystery I have figured out - is simply that I don't know everything. I am enamored with learning and asking questions. I can learn more if I listen with an open heart and not try so hard to impress - but rather let those other people impress me - simply by being who they are, having experienced what they have experienced, knowing who and what they know.
What have you figured out?
But then I want to get to know him better - so I threw out a more difficult question today. The question prompt was - what is one of life's mysteries that you believe you have figured out. Then i thought about what I would need to say if I had to answer that question.
For me, the mystery I have figured out - is simply that I don't know everything. I am enamored with learning and asking questions. I can learn more if I listen with an open heart and not try so hard to impress - but rather let those other people impress me - simply by being who they are, having experienced what they have experienced, knowing who and what they know.
What have you figured out?
Book of Mormon Adventure
I have wanted to see the Book of Mormon for several years now. It seems to always come to Denver - as some of the co-co creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone are from Colorado (and also went to my alma matter, University of Colorado). I had been invited earlier to see the show on the media night (opening night). I couldn't go because I had my kids that night - and rather than leave them at home alone so that I could go galavanting around seeing a show I wanted to see - I stayed home with them. (I had also asked my friend if she wanted to go and she could not).
I had heard that they offer Lottery for tickets. How that basically works is that you put your name in a raffle bin between 5 and 5:30 (show time is at 7:30). At 5:30, a worker from the Denver Center pulls out approximately 10 names and the are allowed to purchase up to two tickets - GOOD SEATS - for just $25 a ticket.
I had purposefully waited until Halloween night because I thought that there would be fewer people there that night - and it would give me a better chance of winning. I arrived at 5 on the dot and quickly met another person in line. He informed me that he had done this before (and had seen Book of Mormon three other times). He said we have a better chance if each of us say that we are getting two tickets - then if his name is picked he would be my second person and the reciprocal for me. Sounded like a deal.
The worker pulled out name after name and neither mine nor this other guy's name was chosen. Hmmm... Ok now what? I was downtown. I had paid for parking. I had no plans for the night. I couldn't go home (cause I didn't buy candy for Halloween beggars - since my kids were at their dad's house). So... I waited. All the others from the lottery seemed to have dissipated. I people watched. I sat on a bench and started talking to whomever would sit next to me.
One guy came by selling a ticket for $140. YIKES! I only brought $40 cash. That would be all I would spend. (I also knew that the seats at the top of the theater were only $35 face value). I waited. I got cold. I was hungry (good thing I brought that granola bar in the bottom of my purse). Just 10 minutes before show time. A nice couple came up and were selling tickets. They were just $35! I bought it and I was in!!! YAY!
Turned out that they just moved here from Pennsylvania and have several family members here. The family member that was supposed to come was sick in the hospital. The 2nd ticket they had - they sold to some guy (I had briefly teased them outside the theater to sell it to a decent looking single guy - they did a good job of listening). We all had decent conversation prior to the show (however brief that was) and at intermission. I felt totally comfortable going by myself.
The show was funny. Irreverent. My mom and sister would have hated it. My friend Angie would have thought it awesome. The songs were hilarious. The themes overall were good but with a sense of jabs that made it very funny. I see why everyone I know has seen it. I understand why it has record sales.
Would you try the lottery? What would you do for tickets? If you made a plan (like seeing a play) what would you do to try to get it to happen? Would you travel downtown and pay to park even if you didn't have tickets? What show do you really want to see?
I had purposefully waited until Halloween night because I thought that there would be fewer people there that night - and it would give me a better chance of winning. I arrived at 5 on the dot and quickly met another person in line. He informed me that he had done this before (and had seen Book of Mormon three other times). He said we have a better chance if each of us say that we are getting two tickets - then if his name is picked he would be my second person and the reciprocal for me. Sounded like a deal.
The worker pulled out name after name and neither mine nor this other guy's name was chosen. Hmmm... Ok now what? I was downtown. I had paid for parking. I had no plans for the night. I couldn't go home (cause I didn't buy candy for Halloween beggars - since my kids were at their dad's house). So... I waited. All the others from the lottery seemed to have dissipated. I people watched. I sat on a bench and started talking to whomever would sit next to me.
One guy came by selling a ticket for $140. YIKES! I only brought $40 cash. That would be all I would spend. (I also knew that the seats at the top of the theater were only $35 face value). I waited. I got cold. I was hungry (good thing I brought that granola bar in the bottom of my purse). Just 10 minutes before show time. A nice couple came up and were selling tickets. They were just $35! I bought it and I was in!!! YAY!
Turned out that they just moved here from Pennsylvania and have several family members here. The family member that was supposed to come was sick in the hospital. The 2nd ticket they had - they sold to some guy (I had briefly teased them outside the theater to sell it to a decent looking single guy - they did a good job of listening). We all had decent conversation prior to the show (however brief that was) and at intermission. I felt totally comfortable going by myself.
The show was funny. Irreverent. My mom and sister would have hated it. My friend Angie would have thought it awesome. The songs were hilarious. The themes overall were good but with a sense of jabs that made it very funny. I see why everyone I know has seen it. I understand why it has record sales.
Would you try the lottery? What would you do for tickets? If you made a plan (like seeing a play) what would you do to try to get it to happen? Would you travel downtown and pay to park even if you didn't have tickets? What show do you really want to see?
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