Things I've Been Thinking About (and Marianne Williamson!)

Ohhhh my GOD!! I just bought tickets to see Marianne Williamson!!!!! I have kept an eye out to see Marianne for months now and she had no tour dates to be found (and her last minute event posts were all in CA). But then, yesterday, FB let me know that she is going to be in Red Bank!! In June! Right before my birthday! Whaaaat? I texted Martina immediately and she was psyched too, but not sure if she could go on a Thursday night. I definitely want her to be the one who comes with me, but if that's not possible, I still need to be there. So when I looked up tickets today, I saw that they had four front row seats available...hoooooly shit!!! I need to be there! So I bought two FRONT ROW SEATS to see Marianne Williamson in June. I feel like I'm going to burst I'm so excited. YES!!! I know I've been trying to save money and, between my new iPad and these Marianne tickets, I may have damaged my goal a bit, but these have really allowed me to feel excited again. I'm actually typing on my iPad now, during lunch, with the Bluetooth keyboard I have been talking about for months. I am LOVING IT. I'm happy with my little splurges and feel like they will both allow me to do great things, even if they are just boosts in my spiritual connection. But I've been thinking about SO MANY THINGS this past week. Here are a few things I've been thinking about: I've been thinking about how sometimes you need to see people you love suffer through difficult times in their lives and all you can do is be there to listen I've been thinking about how there is so much of the world and my relationships with friends and family that I was completely ignorant to when I didn't have a voice or know myself or respect myself much at all I've been thinking about how wonderful it will be when I have an apartment of my own, especially if it is by the beach, to fully live my truth and own it I've been thinking about all of the potential community service opportunities I'd love to be a part of - OTM with Seane Corn and working with children, in particular I've been thinking about the idea of creating my own business, which is to support others in creating their own small businesses. It's a scary and exciting time and the foundation of that is conversation and collaboration. I love the process of brainstorming and that is exactly what happens when people are starting small businesses. My only (well, a big only) concern is the lack of knowledge on the financial side, taxes in particular (which I have such a fear of). That's one of my goals at the moment, of doing research on running small businesses. I've been thinking about how awesome my iPad is and how much I can do with it! It sounds so lame that I'm this excited about a piece of technology that eeeeeveryone has, but I just can't help it! It's so damn convenient! I've been thinking about how and why I haven't had sex and how I think it is probably something that I just need to push past the discomfort on. While I do want to meet someone who I truly connect with, which hasn't really happened yet, I still want to experience this part of life sooner rather than later. I also want to be more vocal about it, in safe spaces. I've been thinking about my lack of stability in healthy routines (eating and exercise) and how I can avoid something I love so much. Frustrating! I've been thinking about all that can be done in the world of women's empowerment and how I can't wait to get my Meetup group rolling again, which reminds me, I need to reach out to Maggy I've been thinking about how beautiful Marinn is and how I wasn't very accepting of her attitude of not trying things this year. She's such a great girl and I really just want to be a part of her life in her transition into womanhood. I love her so much and I want to make sure she knows it. I read something on FB today that I love love love. It was a mother writing about her children. "I'm not afraid of who you are". Wooooow, that is too good. That's really the issue with parents. They are afraid that their children will be something other than the "norm" or what they perceive as a model citizen. Accept all that falls outside of the norm because that's really what you're going to get! Allow kids to follow their own path, with just some gently guidance. I know there's plenty more that has crossed my mind this week, but I think this covers enough!