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Friends. Where do I even begin. And no, that's not a question.
Last semester I decided to be more active in living my life the way I want to. Sounds kind of funny to say, but check out my explanation blog (which includes a lot of rambling, btw) here. Now that I look back, it was mostly an attitude change. Here is where it has me now:
People. People are what I'm about. Exploring their histories, pains, joys. Exploring with them this wild thing we call life. I learn the most from people--what they've been through, what they like, what annoys them.
SO. This weekend I took my dear friend Audrey to Miller Springs. It's a wonderful world of magic right here in Belton (except if you go there for a date on a perfect Saturday, you're likely to run into people you know. Just ask my friends Ciera and Matt who caught me taking their photo as they were in their 'own world' haha). We brought with us ambitions to be beautiful and enjoy beauty. I think we exceeded our expectations.
Being with Audrey is like looking into a mirror through the eyes of my soul (insert hashtag deep here). I kid you not, though, we share pieces of each other that just absolutely feed who we are as humans. I'm comforted in her company with the stories she shares of her wild past and her stories of how the Holy Spirit is moving in her life right now. She's genuine in her opinion and I can literally feel her love with the bounce in my step when I'm around her.
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| She was reading freaking Hemingway. Of course she is my soul sister. |
While we were being super explorers in our hammocks we set up over a section of the creek, most of the people walking by couldn't resist taking note aloud. We heard things like, "Oh look, there are people in hammocks" or "You guys are too cool" or "Oh! Oh my gosh, look at that!" The funniest thing we heard was a mother's reply to her son. He said, "Look momma, people are sleeping in those!" to which she said, "Yeah, that's how they become one with nature." I highly encourage setting up a hammock in an obscure public place. Take a journal and write down what you hear when people think you aren't listening. Oh and bring food, too. That's the one thing we did wrong on this adventure. Always have food.
You wanna do cool things? You wanna be loved? You want to feel beautiful and known? You wanna live life fully? My advice is just do it. Literally just go buy someone flowers or bring your friends tacos or call your uncle. Ask your friend who has a nice camera if they'll do a photoshoot. Have a spontaneous dinner. People always want food. God gave us people who are our friends, family, mentors, peers. He also gave us the command to love our neighbor as we love ourself. Put two and two together and start being awesome.
Oh and the "Broods" part of my post title is because I was singing a song (don't remember which one) and Audrey started finishing the lyric and we were both like "YOU LIKE BROODS?!" So now we're going to see them in Austin in April, booyah. You should listen to them. They're super and they're from New Zealand. My current favorite is Pretty Thing.
