I’m so disappointed that I’m not posting here twice a week like I have been for the past few years. I have a lot to say; so many stories I want to tell you about. It turns out though, that I can’t produce the things I want to produce in the time I think I ought to produce them. I wish I could work faster, but I seem to process things at the clip of a turtle.
We went to a Fancy Nancy show (you can see the girls with Fancy Nancy and Bree in the pictures above) at the Black Rock a couple of weekends ago. In the story, Fancy Nancy was gearing up to be the dancing mermaid in a school play, but instead, her teacher assigned her the part of a tree. You can imagine the disappointment. Also, Bree got the part of the mermaid, so talk about conflict.
But if you know Fancy Nancy, you know she became the most beautiful tree there is. The leaves and trunk sparkled as she twirled and leapt on stage. And when her best friend pranced on stage to join her, the two complemented each other as only best buddies who illuminate the other in the best of ways can do. I guess it was hard for me not to grab a lesson from it: I can’t do all that I think I should be doing, all that I think I’d be really good at, but I can try to make what I am doing sparkle. So I am. I’m trying.
(Most of you already know this but I have an essay called “A Subtle Grace” up on Art House America. This site is one of my favorite places and I am thrilled to have a piece up there. I’d love for you to check it out.)
Slowing down is so hard. It’s so counter-intuitive, but going slowly and deliberately through the things we are actually doing rather than thinking about speeding up to get to the things we could be doing seems the key to making magic happen. At least that’s what I keep telling myself. Keep sparkling and enjoy your sparkliest moments 🙂
I’m terrible at slowing down. I think I’m allergic to it. 🙂