"Here's to gratitude and how it turns everything into enough."
What I'm loving lately:
(That ^ is a word I've been able to spell since elementary school but I regularly stumble over words like "use", all of the "theres", all of the "yours", the million ways to say "two" in the English language and I'm never quite confident if "chicken" is spelled without a "c" or not) Moving on.
Chocolate, specifically Dove Dark Chocolate--the kind that comes in individually wrapped squares with adorable messages on the inside of the wrapper.
Jessica is back in America! We are going to the movies and out for ice cream soon. I'm so grateful to be able to call her seester.
What's okay:
It's okay jam in the car to One Direction and Carly Rae Jepsen. To quote Jessica "It you feel it and it moves you, don't question it."
It's okay to ask questions. Almost everything you can do today, as an adult (excluding breathing and all of your internal organ/involuntary muscle stuff), is a learned skill. Even listening! Your brain has to learn how to differentiate sound at an early age so you can learn your parent's voices from strangers and outside noises and learn to speak/communicate in your native tongue and others (because language is just the application of meaning to sound--when someone says of another speaking a different language "It just sounds like noises!" They're absolutely right! The difference being that, that person and others know what those noises mean to them because they have the ability to hear!! How miraculous!) That's not the point though. The point is when you're learning a new task, or doing something you haven't done in a long time don't let external scenarios or people make you feel stupid. Everyone at some point had to learn that task or skill set too. So give yourself a break and take your time.
It's okay to not buy into the idea that dumb is cute because it's not. Intelligent is cute. Capable is cute. Knowing who you are, what you believe in, and what you want is cute. Not pretending otherwise.
It's okay to take time off, to slow down, and admit that your human--which means you're awesome and capable of really great stuff, but which also means you can't carry the world on your own shoulders. It's okay to ask for help.
It's okay to be really passionate about nerdy topics/issues. Right now you may not be surrounded by people who "get it" like you do, but if you stick with it you're guaranteed to meet people like you and land your life doing the work you love.
So stick with it, brave ones.
xoxox