Colorful and Beautiful People

One thing I have learned over this last year, or one could say my whole life yet didn't realize until this year, is that we are a crazy collection of amazing, diverse, indepth, at times narrow minded, beat down, and sold out group of colorful and beautiful people. As I watch a person that I just meet, I can see who they are what drives them, inspires them, and makes them tick. The intriguing way one person can be inspired by another person or an activity, an organization, or even a job and another the complete opposite is a reflection of so much,childhood, experiences, circumstance, and life which is alive and changing from one day to the next. I will paint a picture of a recent encounter with two different lives that has reminded me of embracing it all and learning as you go. I have met a person who's true love is being on the river. Paddling down the water, from the stillness that acts as almost a sanctuary at times, with the waters ability to bring calmness to the soul and gives him time to reflect on life. To the unbelieveable rapids and waterfalls that take his breath away and without even knowing give him a courage that drives his spirit in life and an aliveness that radiates from him, through his eyes and his smile that I admire, and I'm sure many people yearn for in life. To be truly driven by an activity turns it into being so much more, a powerfull steadiness in an everchanging life of tents and wilderness. I then watch a person who's life started in NewYork, a city boy and buisness man at heart. A man who's personality is alive and electric. Someone who makes you smile by his exuberant quality without even meaning to. This is apparant in the way he moves in the buisness world and his social circle. The quality to win people over with his ideas around buisness and his company, and his easy going way to ease peoples tensions and make them feel comfortable. A people person in every way, backed by an intuative ability to work a room at a party with a hot side kick on his arm. His inquisitve personality proves that he longs to learn more along the way, and open his heart and mind to new ideas and see the world in its everchanging times. The way he asks me questions about life, circumstance, facts, and dreams motivates my mind and heart to do the same. . I embrace the thought of so many different and amazing people in a world that is vast and changing yet smaller whan we know and completely open to us. To go from bluegrass in the woods, drinking wine from the bottle, laying under the endless skies, watching the stars and taking in the very essence of life. Laying on a dirt road in the middle of nothing yet in the center of everything at the same time. Then take me to the city, the sparkling lights, and aliveness that is intoxicating and can take your breath away. Drinking champagne on a yaught, enjoying music and company of all different walks of life. Amazing people, amazing conversation, and a view of Seattle in the distance, reminds me that life is short yet we have so much to offer during our stay. As we learn from life and experience, we grow to know ourselves more and more. We grow into peope that every day, every moment, and every circumstance make an impact on every one else around us. I am ready to embrace the changes of life and love with an eagerness and an excitement in my soul in every setting from the river to the city.