So I know I get teased a lot because I've been told I have a bit of a 'hippy mentality.' Everything is sunshine and rainbows. Life is easy and life is beautiful. People have become so fixated on the things that take away from the beauty and simplicity of life. Whatever happened to revelling in the joy of a sunset or a sunrise, or the way the earth smells after a rainstorm? Why is everything in this life a competition? Why is everything about money all the god damn time? Who has the bigger truck, the more expensive jeans and the bigger engagement ring? WHY DOES ANY OF THIS SHIT MATTER?
I got made fun of the other day in class within my group because we had to come up with a business we would like to run and create and vision and a mission for that business. Without hesitation I suggested snowboard shop, they asked what my vision and mission for this shop would be and I said to get people out there loving it as much as I do. The most important thing to me in my mind is to share my love of the mountains. They all laughed and said yeah ok... you can't make money off spreading the love. Who ever said anything about making money? If I can feed myself, cloth myself and have a place to live and wake up everyday loving what I do and if I'm able to get other people as stoked as I am that is the most important thing. There's that hippy mentality coming out I suppose. Is that so wrong? It sounds to me as though they had it right. Why is everything always about money? WHY?
If it was up to me, all I would ever need was good tunes and good company, and I would just want to see the world and enjoy it for what it is. I do not want to spend my time on the other side of the world shopping, I want to enjoy what the land has to offer. It is easy to find the joy in nearly everything if you allow yourself to find it. I'm hearing the calling of far off lands and I'm getting itchy feet again. So many things to see and places to go!!!
I think I'm beginning to realize why so many people are so miserable. They won't let themselves do the things they want to do. A lot of people are holding back all the time. They don't say what they feel and they don't pursue their dreams. They just fall into this pattern of normalacy and routine because it's so much easier. I suppose I am partially guilty of this, but I love the industry I work in. I love getting people stoked about getting out to the mountains. I love people that pour their heart and emotion into what they do. I have a friend who is a photographer and I think he is absolutely amazing because his love for his art really shines through in his work and I think it's awesome. It's like when you hear a song and it just absolutely tugs at your heartstrings because you know the person that wrote that song meant it from the bottom of their heart.
Strip away the bullshit, see things for what they are. Enjoy the simple things.
Instead of getting drunk out of your mind this weekend, just walk through your city or where ever it is you're from and just enjoy what's around you because it won't last forever.
Today I love:
Sleepyhead by Passion Pit
Ready for the Floor by Hot Chip
and this video:
http://www.vimeo.com/1340684?pg=embed&sec=1340684
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