Good Intentions Make Such Lovely Cobblestones
The past month hasn’t exactly gone the way I’d hoped. I’ve taken beginning steps on a lot of projects – brainstorming, planning, writing – but I haven’t done a great job of following through. I’ve let myself become busy with lots of small things, instead of giving time and energy towards my goals. Over the past few days, though, I’ve realized a couple things I can do to help myself out.
On Thursday, I went back to my college campus to see one of my friend’s senior shows. Afterwards, I spent several with a close friend I haven’t seen in months. This time made me realize that, for a while, I haven’t really had much of community. I have friends, and people I hang out with from time to time, but no one I’m really tight with whose presence energizes me.
Tonight I watched Run, Fatboy, Run, and was very inspired (19 word review: in addition to being a great running movie for runners who aren’t Steve Prefontaine or Eric Liddell, it’s funny). What struck me about it was that Dennis (Simon Pegg) was supported and coached to success – even though his coaches were just a couple friends with no knowledge about running, and they supported him in order to win bets they had placed, his community enabled him and helped him in the right direction. These two events (the friend and the movie) made me think that if I could find a mentor, coach, or comrade, it’d help a lot of put energy in the right places.
That’s all I’ve got for now. I know that I’ve both failed and not entirely succeeded in the past – which I can’t change. But I have ideas for how to succeed in the future now, and every little bit helps.
Here’s to tomorrow.