15,000 Miles or More

This past semester has honestly been a dream. Not the frolicking in the wildflowers dream, but the I can’t believe I actually get to be a part of this dream.

A few weeks ago, I was able to see the amazing singer, Ben Rector in concert. There’s something about seeing people do what they love that inspires me. Have you ever met someone just so full of joy and happiness that you can’t help but smile?

Now, I didn’t actually get to meet Ben Rector, and I’ll be honest, I maybe know five of his songs (many of which he ended up singing). But as we got to the auditorium and he and his band started to play, I just couldn’t help but smile.

Here I was in Richmond, Kentucky seeing an amazing artist sing and play on stage.

I’ve seen my fair few of concerts, but none compared to this one.

Ben and his band were so ecstatic to be there. They just wanted to have fun, which in turn meant we all had fun. They jumped, danced, sang, and joked with us as the audience. Heck, we all did the Cha-Cha slide together!

It was immense fun.

As I was standing in the audience and his song Sailboat began to play I realized something:

This past semester has definitely had it’s highs and lows. It hasn’t been all rainbows and butterflies and I’m 99% sure it’ll take me a few years to get back all the sleep I lost (and yet I still wouldn’t change it for the world). But as Ben was singing, playing and smiling, I realized I want that for my life.

There were times when giving a presentation wasn’t easy: I was tired, it seemed like no one was really interested, we got stuck in traffic on the way there, we had a lot of things to do right after the presentation. An endless amount of reasons as to why; but I still tried to do my best.

There were days when I knew they were going to be the best days ever (#nobaddays) and they were.

So as this next season comes around, and I can honestly say I have no idea what it holds, I want to keep living each day as just that, Today.

I don’t want to worry about what is to come. I don’t want to get hung up on to-dos. I want to be Here.

Be Now.

I want to live each day with so much joy that my cheeks hurt when I come home from smiles and I have side aches from laughter.

Will this be easy? Probably not every day.

But I can tell you one thing for sure: It will be worth it.

Here’s to no bad days, and a ton more miles ahead of me in maybe some different shoes.