Spontaneous Surprise

"The irony of commitment is that it's deeply liberating -- in work, in play in love. The act frees you from the tyranny of your internal critic, from the fear that likes to dress itself up and parade around as rational hesitation. To commit is to remove your head as the barrier to your life."

Heaven knows this quote was written just for me. To say that my head has been a barrier in my life would be a gross understatement. Now I've made it to the other side. Last month I was searching for the above quote in its entirety and the "I'm Feeling Lucky" button took me to a stranger's blog. I found the quote and also read the remainder of the post, which was about her and her significant other. She was recounting a conversation they had in bed about the events that occurred to result in their being together. I'm always amazed by the intimate moments that people feel comfortable describing on the internet, but regardless, she wrote the following that I feel is true:

"It made me realize everything goes and moves in synchronized ways. We're all mechanisms, and our half change choices usually lead us to somewhere so unexpected, profound, and often blissfully chaotic that we often catch ourselves glancing back, trying to remember if anything had ever happened before that. If it mattered, if it was worth it, and if it were brilliant enough --we realize that often times the bad and the ugly lead us to the beautiful and the astounding."

Well ladies and gentlemen, life is beautiful and I'm officially astounded.