For Good

Could a life be more unusual, more strangely unanticipated…. and yet most artistically picturesque at the same time? How is that feasible?

Apparently. MINE IS.

Today has been the funniest day to me. Funny as in random…and sometimes I don’t always believe I’m actually living this life myself.

Today I:

*Drove the minivan to work…mere has the Suzuki

*Went to a meeting

*Was an extra in a promotional film

*Called Moody and officially extended my intermission until Spring 2010

 

Those are some of the parts that make this my life and help to form me. Many life experiences culminated to form who I am today. Family, friends, circumstances and places each played their role. Looking back over my years, one may notice I’ve never really done things the standard way. In way, my life is like a puzzle. Each of my memories and experiences are like a piece forming me—Olivia Brannon.  

Alabama…Hungary…Chicago and know Alabama again are a part of who I am but they are not WHO I am. All of my pieces make me unique. They remind me that the good and the bad all come together to form the one and only person who can be me. All of those pieces are part of a picture of the person who I’m becoming. Also that if my pieces say I’m not normal and are irregular–it’s ok. I don’t have to be who you want me to be. I just have to be me. I look forward to seeing what the new pieces of the future will add to this life I call mine. I know I am who I am today—not because of these pieces but instead through what they taught me.

I know I am today because of these milestones, places, struggles and joys. I wouldn’t be what I’ve become without them. I’m sick of being held back. But I think I’m doing the holding back. So here’s to letting go…

Hello, Alabama! Looks like I’ll be here awhile longer. I’m going to make the best of it.

*Csillagok*

 it’s a rainy saturday. a peaceful day. a day i spent pleasantly catching up on hungary with mi madre, reading and staying in my hoodie and pj bottoms. [happy sigh]. 

peaceful. like the calm of a still night. a night when you are outside the city in the suburbs is very different from being downtown. it is in such a moment that you can see stars as if you have never seen them before. 

my aunt lives in a beautiful suburb outside of chicago. i remember the first time, or one of the first times, i went to her house during last semester. i was sick as a dog (they thought i had appendicitis–it must have been a really severe food allergy reaction) but the sky stood out to me on that clear, frigid winter night. i saw stars. real ones. in the city, it is easy to forget how a “real” or “normal” skyline is supposed to appear. when i think of peace. those stars illustrate the picture of the word in my mind. in fact, (as a random side note) most of the words in my vocabulary are illustrated by pictures in my mind. maybe i’m not as linear as i thought.

sorry. i think i’m going back to my “soul yummy” book and my hot tea. the thunder gets me into the reading mood. i think i’m going to cave and not fight the urge

“Do everything without complaining or arguing, so that you may become blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and depraved generation, in which you shine like stars in the universe.”  

Philippians 2:15-16

Then in Magyar (Hungarian): (stars is highlighted again for your benefit)

“Hogy legyetek feddhetetlenek és tiszták, Istennek szeplõtlen gyermekei az elfordult és elvetemedett nemzetség közepette, kik között fényletek, mint csillagok e világon. Életnek beszédét tartván elébök; hogy dicsekedhessem majd a Krisztus napján, hogy nem futottam hiába, sem nem fáradtam hiába.” Filippiekhez 2:15-16

blast from the past….

haha. wow. this was back in september. one of my wonderful classmates and friend, david, posts videos on his blog several times a week. they were funny to watch while i was at moody…but they are even funnier now…here’s one i was in

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fMIHuY7eG4

 

david is always up to something. check him out at: http://davidgoestomoody.blogspot.com/  to get a taste of moody and a good laugh. yay david! miss ya dude.