"How we spend our days is indeed how we live our lives."-Anne Lamott
"Decide what to be and go be it" -The Avett Brothers, from the song "A Head Full of Doubt"
Today I watched a land snail stroll across the road, and he left a shiny trail of slime across the pavement.
I forgot my camera so I couldn't take a snapshot, but it looked exactly like this:
It got me all philosophical-like, thinking about the trails we leave. We leave physical trails in the spaces we inhabit. We leave emotional trails in the souls we spend our time with. We leave written trails in our writings, and visual trails in our arts and crafts.
We also leave trails in our deeds, both good and bad. Everyone's done both, so don't ever feel bad about any you're not so proud of. As long as you don't keep doing it, it's all good. Learn and move on.
What sort of trails do you leave? I love the above quotes, both by writers I admire greatly. Anne Lamott is saying the reality is, sweetheart, that what you do during your day is really how your life is--not the "someday" you're living in your head. What you do now matters.
And the Avett Brothers lyric is awesome--Make a decision about what you want to be, quit f*cking around and go be it. You want to be a writer? Go be it. You want to be a juggler? Go be it. You want to be the best pie-baker in the universe? Go be it.
What trails will you leave today? Because what is happening today is how life really is. And if you don't like how the trail looks, the reset button is at your command.
Decide what to be and go be it,
Dani
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