The All-Around "Good Day"

It gets much less press than it really should. I don't know about you, but the good tends to outweigh the bad in my life, or at least I like to train myself for that to be so. Even after some of the pains I had in the past couple years, looking back, it's hard for me to remember just how much those things hurt. It's a blessing, I think, as long as you remember the lessons. But pain aside, I think that our world in general tends to focus on the negative. I challenge you to remember the positive more.

Today was simply a good day. I want to step back and acknowledge that there was nothing of significance that brought me down. Although it may not seem news worthy or worth an entire blog on, I think it is. Most days are "average". Hence them being "most". Some days stick out as extraordinarily fantastic, and others as unbearably excruciating. But what about those simple days? The days where you just smiled and were thankful for it? I think they deserve more.

I woke today and wrote out my affirmations. They were focused on my music classes today and keeping my mind where it needed to be (like on the last Music Theory test of the quarter). I then showered, got ready, and headed downstairs for breakfast. I had half an hour to make that and pack my lunch and dinner so I decided to have something nicer. I ended up basting my first egg, and it turned out perfect! Adding some toast, juice, and a banana and I had a breakfast for champions! Afterwards, I even emptied the dishwasher, I was feeling so darn cheerful. Eggs are happy foods, what can I say?

So I headed to school with my tea, backpacks, coats, and Michael Buble in tow. Thing just kept going smoothly. Piano was good, and my professor, as usual, was cheery and adorable. My test seemed to go well, as I finished with fifteen minutes to spare. I even put myself out there in Sightsinging and felt my affirmations work, thus boosting my self-esteem for the day.

I found a friend and got a big, twirl-me-around-in-the-air hug that kept me smiling. Choir was wonderful, as always, and I headed to the rest of my Physical Ed classes afterwards. Ballet was also smooth and filled with jokes about my lack of pants. (I've got a leotard and tights! Why do I need pants, too??) Then, in my short break before the University Honors Program social, I ran into two friends from my summer show and was greeted with warm hugs and laughs. Taekwondo ended my day happily with the normal humor with my friend Adrienne (not my boss), who I endearingly call Shorty. I've got 5 inches on her, but we've always been an even match in martial arts. Small, but mighty, my friends.

All in all? A good day. One worth noting. One worth remembering, so that when one of the miserable days come I can think of this and remember that this, too, shall pass. As sung in Glee (aka the best show ever.) tonight:

"Sometimes in our lives, we all have pain;

we all have sorrow.

But, if we are wise,

we know that there's always tomorrow".