Coffee Date | Spring 2017
If you and I had coffee...
We'd meet up at one of those movie-in-the-park nights where you toss a blanket on the ground, camp out under the stars and watch an old film that is being projected on the whitewashed wall of one of the local buildings. It's really more of a social event than anything. Everyone goes to chat with their neighbors from down the street instead of watching the movie, but its fun all the same. I'd order a freshly-squeezed lemonade from the concession stand because they are so good and one would be perfect right about now.
If you and I had coffee...
I'd tell you that I've been on a major reading kick lately. I just hit my fifty-book mark for the year and am on track to meeting my goal of two hundred books in 2017. Thanks to my decision to diversify my bookshelf, I've been picking up some books that wouldn't have made my stack the last few years, and I'm so glad I'm getting a chance to read the work of some pretty amazing authors. The only problem I'm running into is that I literally want to read all the books now and am only able to fit in so many in a week. I'd ask you how you chose which books to read. Whether you have a list you stick to or if you stay on trend and pick up the book everyone is reading at the moment.
If you and I had coffee...
I'd ask you if you've ever felt like there was some purpose you were meant for - something big - but you didn't know how to open yourself up and allow the process to begin. I keep getting this heavy, nagging feeling that I'm supposed to write something, but I just can't take the next step. I don't know what it is, maybe an article or a story or a book... I can see the outline of the map, but the details are blurred and faded. I have several writing projects up in the air at the moment, but none of them feel like they are THE ONE. I'd ask you if you had any suggestions for getting past the block I have or if I should concentrate on my current projects and assume that some divine intervention will occur when I'm ready to pursue the big one.
If you and I had coffee...
I'd tell you that I recently read this article and I got so annoyed by it. It's hard to think about how vain a society we have become that we have to destroy national parks, monuments, and other treasures for the sake of a selfie. We are in a time of "pic or it didn't happen" and I'll admit, sometimes it's nice to have a photo to look back on, but I don't think that warrants the ignorance and blatant disobedience of established rules at these sites. These resources are the only ones we get and I'm a believer in doing everything we can to preserve them for future generations. Besides, do we really want to be missing out on a moment so we can pull our cameras out and snap a shot?
If you and I had coffee...
I'd ask you how much truth you thought there was in the old saying "the stars aligned". I'd tell you that I kinda dig the idea of something unlikely, perhaps impossible, happening by nothing less than a stroke of fate. I'm a space nerd, so this idiom holds that much more importance for me. It's silly, but I picture a flash mob of stars out in the universe and there is one little star conductor who waves his baton and the stars all move to form a single-file line, then look down on me, smiling, knowing they've made something very important happen. I don't know if it's divine intervention, fate, luck, or what, but I sure would like to know who or what orchestrates these little magical events we sometimes experience.
I'd also tell you that I've been blessed enough to have those stars align a few times in my life. The most recent time made me feel like I had electricity coursing through me and left this little heart of mine racing. Because we don't experience these events often, I can't help but think it's something I've got to hold onto... Right? Yeah, I don't think I can let this one go.
If you and I had coffee...
We'd kick back on the blanket and listen to the movie but watch the sky, maybe hoping to see that little star conductor work his magic. When the movie is over, we'd finish our drinks and fold the blanket. I'd give you a hug and promise to set a date with you again soon. By then, summer will be here!
