price tag

march 22, 2011

every time i start to feel sorry to myself, something huge happens.  i have always been a crazy empathetic person and lately more so.  when everything happened in japan my heart ached for the people affected, those there and those desperately wondering if their friends and family were safe.  when the first few days passed and the shocking images were less shocking, i felt so grateful for everything.  yes we all have our hard days, but how hard are they really?

the last month has been filled with great stuff:

• birthday parties
• st. paddy day parties
• teaching hip-hop to talyn's class - or what you can teach 5 years olds
• talyn getting his bad mini mullet cut short (thanks justin bieber for initiating this with your own cut)
• the countdown of 2 more showers and 1 more hair washing until my cast gets cut off!
• being a part of an amazing panel of women for EM of Calgary's Winter Gala
• my friend's child making some huge steps forward in her health battle
• the countdown to my annual girl's trip with Tricia!!!

we all have lots of great stuff and some bad too, but the question is how to make sure that the great always wins in the battle of your emotions.  for me it usually comes down to gaining some perspective on how little the "whatever" i am dealing with really matters and probably doing something that makes me smile.  knowing what things or who can get you out of a funk is key.  so make sure to have lots of those people and things in your world.

one of my happy songs lately is Price Tag by Jesse J.  the tune is happy and the words really remind me to keep life light because in your last breath i guarantee you won't remember whatever bad thing you are worried about right now.  you will remember all of the amazing people and things you've done.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMxX-QOV9tI

ciao!
tasha