i can't lie to you people. i kind of have a teeny tiny girl-crush on reese witherspoon. or maybe it's just that i'd love to be a gorgeous oscar-winning actress who's widely respected, and who also happens to be dating jake gyllenhaal. yeah, it's that, too. regardless, i read this little article on reese today and parts of it just kind of hit home with me.
as anyone who knows me will gladly tell you, i over-analyze just about everything in my life and worry in excess. i'm also a logical person, however, and i'm usually able to stop myself before it gets to the stressed out stage. and then again, i also have those times (like recently) when i just get into a funk and need to be (figuratively or literally) kicked in the ass. this happened to me over the summer, and the kick in the ass i needed came when i was reading eat pray love (by the way, why haven't you bought that book yet? i told you to do it wayyyy back in july).
on my drive home from nashville, i realized i haven't been feeling much like myself lately, and i couldn't figure out why. after reading that quote today, i realized it's because i've been focusing so much on what the future might hold, and that's scary. i may need to print out the quote i used when i started and named this blog and read it daily. so, on that note...
dear reese,
thank you for reminding me that no matter how much i freak out about the future, it's not going to change anything. thanks for the suggestion that i should be happy and content with the good things in my life right now, because when i'm 40, i won't be able to come back and have the life i have at age 26...and i'll definitely want to remember my 20s in the best possible way.
your friend,
cal
p.s. if you want to let me borrow jake gyllenhaal (and maybe a fancy dress or two) for any weddings or formal occasions in the future, i'm totally open to that possibility. i'm just sayin'...
