Today, I want to focus on the arts and how thankful I am for
them. Music, books, dance and writing have all played a huge factor in my life
and taught me so much.
When I was a child and the world around me would be chaotic,
I would reach for books to find a way to escape. Without these books I would not have the
imagination that I have today. It is magical to me when an author can put words
to page and from this, I can recreate their vision in my own mind, to be able
to get lost in the story. One of the best short stories I ever read was about a
cherry tree. The story was entirely
written to describe the tree from all the senses. As I read the story, it was as if I was there
with the author seeing, smelling and touching the tree; it was amazing.
Music is a mix of memories and a form of escape for me also.
When I hear a piece of music, I can be taken back to the exact moment when I
first fell in love with the piece. There are pieces of music that will allow me
to vent my anger, to cry out sadness, and to boost my feelings of happiness.
Music allows me to escape into my feelings and to work through pain. Music is a form of therapy for me and I would
be lost without it.
I would never have thought dance would have become so
important in my life, but it was a wonderful accident. What was a whim, a single class to be a fun
experience turned into seven years of learning discipline, how to be in-tune
with my body, and the art of performing in front of an audience. Dance allowed me to challenge myself; I was
not perfect, I was not always even good, but I continued to push myself to
learn to keep trying, which was a good metaphor for life.
Finally, if you are still following along with this blog and
still reading, you will already know that writing is a wonderful way
for me to work through how I am feeling.
Writing has helped me through many difficult times in my life; writing
to my Dad’s best friend to share memories to help me heal and mourn his
passing; writing about my thankfulness to help me refocus to what is most important;
it teaches me to take a moment, to think things through and understand how and
what I am feeling in the moment.
For these reasons I am, and will forever be, thankful for
the arts and for what they have taught me and how they have healed me.
To show my appreciation and thankfulness for what I have
today, I have made a $20.00 donation to each of the following charities:
Ottawa Humane Society (www.ottawahumane.ca
)
The Sato Project (www.thesatoproject.org)
Guide Dog Fund (www.guidedog.org
)
Poppys Hedgehog Rescue (www.poppyscreche.org
)
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