Life Whispers

Life whispers, so you better listen up!

This weekend I was scheduled to go to the Columbus Short North Gallery Hop with a friend who ended up cancelling.

Since I’m all into expanding my world these days, I decided to go by myself. It would have been much easier to just stay home for yet another night, but I pushed myself a little and said to hell with it, I’m going.

So I did.

And it was fine. I’m not the type who’s afraid to go places alone, and the entire Short North is packed with wall-to-wall people during the Gallery Hops.

The weather was perfect – in the high 50s – and the art and shops were interesting.

Today I called my friend who cancelled and told her that while we should go together sometime, that it wasn’t really all that exciting to me. The art was interesting, but overpriced and not my style, and the environment just wasn’t my thing anymore.

We both concluded that neither of us is into the urban hip scene. I used to be, but it just doesn’t move me any more.

Yet both of us are really trying to make an effort to get out of our houses and out of our comfort zones, especially since we’re both self-admitted home bodies.

Finally my friend said, you know, we’re really more of the flea market antique types and we should really just stick with what we love.

That really shouldn’t have been such a giant revelation, yet it was. I’ve been trying to get out in the world by doing things that I think I should be doing, instead of seeking out things that I really enjoy. Not that I can’t try new things in an effort to expand my world. But sometimes I think that the things I love are a little bit pedestrian and maybe I should push myself more.

Or maybe I should finally realize that life whispers and I need to listen more closely to the simple truths in my life.

What has life been whispering to you?