Dear Idea

So I finally finished A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. I loved it. Near the end of the book, there was this quote:

"To look at everything always as though you were seeing it either for the first or last time: thus is your time on earth filled with glory."

I think these are such inspiring words. This, to me, is what makes reading magical. The truth in what someone else has said. The transformation that can occur within from reading for a few moments on a weekday night.

I have decided to try looking at things this way. I am also going to use this as an inspiration to take more pictures. If I take a snapshot of what I am seeing as though it's the first and last time, I hope to find beauty, inspiration, humor and happiness. Here is picture one:

My office has this Bucky Badger blanket (which I purchased from the Craigslist to cover up the ugly white walls). My friend and I started dressing Bucky-THE BLANKET up for various times of year. As you can see here, Bucky was celebrating the winter Olympics from a couple of years back.

The thing is, I really think the mascot itself is horrifying, but when I look at the blanket I will remember the first time I came here to begin college. Those first days were scary and challenging but on the day that I finally leave, I will think of all that I experienced, how fundamentally changed I am from leaving home at 18 to the person that I am today.

The glory was in the learning.

Until picture number two...

me