Catching up on a couple of Reverb10 prompts before I go out and play. I've been reading them, but at Midnight every night the concept of writing just wasn't appealing.
5 Minutes Imagine you will completely lose your memory of 2010 in five minutes. Set an alarm for five minutes and capture the things you most want to remember about 2010. (To be presented in bullet form)
- Amazing live music: Justin Townes Earle, Reckless Kelly (of course!), Lyle Lovett, Micky and the Motorcars, Ryan Bingham (brrr!), the Avett Brothers, Los Lobos. For me a slow year, but still a year of quality.
- Lots of yoga. Lots. It's been healing.
- Admiring the Atlantic from my suite in Miami; I was indoors because it was 40 degrees. In Miami.
- Pneumonia, and being in bed for a week. Tucker being inseparable from me for that entire time. I would be lost without him, I think.
- Turkey, and all that came with it. Touring with friends in Istanbul, creating my own adventures in Bodrum. Let's not forget the Paris stopover on the way home- even at 100 degrees F, I love Paris.
- New York for the first time in many years, and time with my favorite friend of 20+ years, his wife and their son, and his little brother. I'll be back sooner.
- The 3-day. This was one of the most amazing experiences of my life. Again, I'll be back- San Francisco in September, to be precise.
- Last but not least, 9 weeks of being a full-time educator. It was an adventure, at times a frustrating one in which I felt I had no map and little guidance. At the end, though, it was worth every minute.
Lesson Learned: What was the best thing you learned about yourself this past year? And how will you apply that lesson going forward?
I learned a lot about me this year. I learned I'm stronger than I think I am. I learned that sometimes I really am capable of caring too much, but I'm okay with that. But the best, most important thing that I learned was that when I come at challenges from a place of love rather than fear that grace takes over and gets me where I need to be. It's still hard to take a breath and remember that when heading into those scary places in life, but I've had enough great examples this year that it makes it easier to do the right thing. Love, not fear, the difficult things.
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Now playing: Pat Green - In the Middle of the Night
via FoxyTunes