Rare and Golden

Yesterday was pretty much a perfect day. And because they don’t come around all that often, I just wanted to put that down here that it did. It was no one thing in particular, just a notch above regular. It all hit me as I was scrapping a page for the garden and listening to my new ipod after having spent the morning with a really good friend hanging out and becoming more enlightened, and the evening eating dinner with the family (one I didn’t shop for, cook or clean up!). I just wanted to burst.

I was watching Oprah the other day talking to tennis star James Blake and they were talking about all of his success and how his life seemed so wonderful. They talked about how only a year before he’d broken his neck and nearly was paralyzed, he’d gotten shingles, and lost his dad to cancer all over the course of a couple months. He quoted Arthur Ashe who, when he found out he had HIV said, ""I’m not going to sit here and say, ‘Why me?’ because I wasn’t saying ‘Why me?’ when I was holding up the Wimbledon trophy." I loved that. James was saying his life had been wonderful and filled with sunshine, so he can’t complain that it rains sometimes.

Normally I am kind of afraid to acknowledge that things are wonderful because I am afraid it might be a cue to God that I need some rain. But, fact is, rain comes to everyone. It makes us stronger, it proves us, it makes us grow. And my fear of the rain shouldn’t get in the way of enjoying the sunshine. So I’m going to sit here in the golden glow and thank God for a beautiful sunshiny day.

This entry was written by Shannon Montez, posted on October 30, 2005 at 10:35 am, filed under old blog. Bookmark the permalink. Follow any comments here with the RSS feed for this post. Trackbacks are closed, but you can post a comment.

16 Comments

  1. Sophia said . . .

    I think that this is my favorite entry you’ve ever made, Shannon. I love these thoughts. Thanks for brightening MY day! Happy Sunday!

    Sophia

    Posted October 30, 2005 at 10:57 am | Permalink
  2. Julie Hickey said . . .

    Good thoughts :) Keep it flowin’.

    Julie

    Posted October 30, 2005 at 12:09 pm | Permalink
  3. Molly said . . .

    This is an amazing, awesome entry, Shannon. Just amazing!

    Posted October 30, 2005 at 1:39 pm | Permalink
  4. Amanda said . . .

    thank you…i’m in a rainy period but it’s ok, i know there will be sunshine eventually.

    Posted October 30, 2005 at 3:42 pm | Permalink
  5. Jill P. said . . .

    Wow, that’s freaky- I was sitting in church this morning thinking something very close to those thoughts myself. Great minds think alike I guess!! Good for you Shannon!

    Posted October 30, 2005 at 5:30 pm | Permalink
  6. Hilary said . . .

    It’s gonna be a bright….
    bright…
    bright sunshiney WEEK… :) Enjoy
    Hilary

    Posted October 30, 2005 at 6:44 pm | Permalink
  7. sarah said . . .

    Such happiness…
    congrats on the GG position! That is like the best thing EVER. You totally deserve it.

    Posted October 30, 2005 at 8:26 pm | Permalink
  8. Moriah Bettencourt said . . .

    Awesome entry girl!!! This is soooo true! Enjoy the sunshine, you deserve it!

    Posted October 30, 2005 at 11:11 pm | Permalink
  9. joanna said . . .

    So well said!! So glad you had a sunshine day!!

    Posted October 31, 2005 at 4:59 am | Permalink
  10. tara pollard pakosta said . . .

    awesome insight~! thanks for sharing!
    tara

    Posted October 31, 2005 at 7:56 am | Permalink
  11. Sarah said . . .

    Great post- what James Blake spoke of obviously impacted a lot of people–I’ve talked to at least half a dozen people since then who remembered those words… pretty insightful and great for reflection!

    Posted October 31, 2005 at 9:30 am | Permalink
  12. stefani said . . .

    Thank you for the wonderful post. I feel the same way sometimes. I am thinking I need to get out and enjoy the sunshine too. :-)

    Posted October 31, 2005 at 11:25 am | Permalink
  13. AmyG said . . .

    :)

    Posted October 31, 2005 at 12:08 pm | Permalink
  14. kent said . . .

    Great blog today!

    Posted October 31, 2005 at 2:30 pm | Permalink
  15. kellicrowe said . . .

    nicely blogged
    and
    now you are famous
    like moderatly so before
    but big now
    i mean
    did you see all the comments on your gg blog entry?
    of course you didn’t
    i’m sure you have people to read those thngs for you now;)
    it still makes me smile when i thik aobut you as a gg:)
    but part of me really did think
    weren’t shannon and miley already gg’s?
    kellicrowe

    Posted November 4, 2005 at 5:33 am | Permalink
  16. doris said . . .

    wow. what a fabulous entry. :D

    Posted November 5, 2005 at 6:11 pm | Permalink

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