Today started with Rhonda Byrne's book - The Power. It said that however the state of any aspect of your life is the reflection of how much good feeling or love that you have put into that particular aspect. For example, if you are enjoying a good relationship with another person, that means that you have put in plenty of good feeling into the said relationship. Conversely, focusing and channeling good feelings and love to something will guarantee an improved outcome to it! It is that simple.
Therefore, with that mindset, I gave thanks for a wonderful outcome to the lunch with Audrey, and sure enough, I had an amazing dim sum with her! (Oh well, I had a haircut first, to be fair.) It was such a pleasure seeing her again.
I first met Audrey at the second semester of my senior year, as I was tutoring for Microeconomics. Audrey is a gorgeous, tall Asian girl with puffy cheeks, long hair, an enormous ambition, and an outstanding talent for music. While I was her tutor, I was also in charge of 30+ or so students, and therefore I have never had the chance to get to know her personally -- until a few weeks ago, when she reached out telling me that she was visiting New York City and asking me if I could grab a meal with her. I said yes, because nobody says no to a getting a meal with such an attractive and gorgeous lady, but more importantly because I've told her not to talk to me (with jocose, clearly) unless it's about visiting me in New York.
Audrey - probably because of my age difference with her - also has a predisposition of asking me for advice. I think it is instinctual in people to enjoy being asked for advice, and therefore I happily obliged. We chatted about a range of topics: taking Art History classes, relationship and personal character issues, to studying abroad and learning about different cultures. I really enjoy her breadth of intellectual curiosity, her fresh ideas about the book industry, and most importantly, for being really chill when I showed up late (oops).
Today was a surprisingly productive (and ideal!) day in so many other aspects too. After my lunch with Audrey, a woman I deeply adore gave me a call. I ended up running in Central Park with her, having a wonderful conversation as we watched the St. Patrick's parade, and buying her a cup of hot chocolate as I walked her home. I truly love and admire the free, fun-loving, and adventurous part of her. She's truly kind and mostly positive - forgives people easily, only remembers the good times. She's also really easy to talk to, never afraid to try new things, and has a great sense of humor/is really fun to tease or poke fun at. I am truly grateful that she is in my life, that I got to spend time interacting closely with her, despite it being short. Thinking about her gives me a nice, warm feeling in my chest, a sort of detached gratefulness.
Blessed with some free time in the evening, I made some headway into philosophical/spiritual/self-improvement readings that I enjoy and that I have been meaning to delve deeper into. I tucked myself in the usual space in my office, and watched Vishen Lakhiani speak, read more about Burt Goldman, developed my options tracker, and obviously, writing this blog post.
Let me leave you with two things that I picked up from Alan Watts: Firstly, life is more like music than a journey, the point of life is not at the end destination but rather to play it well. Secondly, enjoying life requires skill - without practicing the savoring of life, it cannot be enjoyed.
As such, I am happy to say that today, I did life right. There was an amazing balance between beautiful human interactions and romance and solitude. Between physical activity and mental exercise. Between rest and productivity. Between indulgence and spirituality. I think I danced well today, and it feels very, very good. Thank you.
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