lessons with Shakespeare in grass

I went to see an adaptation of Mid Summer Night's Dream in the park today. The troupe that preformed was really good. I want to go back and recommend it. I am reconnecting with a part of me that I have ignored for a while. Yes, I scribble out prose --or what ever that is I don't know-- but the connect to theater, to music and art I forgot just how happy it makes me. I remember working with clay and painting as I sorted through things in recovery. That expression helped me and also being around others who like wise were 'expressing' a hidden side within. I enjoy my work and I hope someday to help other people in a better way and maybe this work and schooling can be a vehicle for it. Yet, I wonder sometimes who I really am and the things that really make me sing within. My prayer life is certainly a major part of that it however, there is another aspect. I forgot about the guy who dreamed of writing a book, wanted to sculpt or learn to play the banjo. Today helped me rediscover a part of me that I forgot about. I am grateful for this day.

I am reading the Divine Comedy right now because someone said it was good and I figured I should read it too. I was trying to tell a friend about it and stumbled around a bit. In Dante's poem there is a ring of hell where the people focus always on the future but not on the present. I at times am guilty of that. I worry about the past or focus on the future and fail to recognize the gift of today-- the gift of the present moment that God is trying to give me. Maybe it is a lack of trust on my part that God will take care of the future. He gave me several big gifts today which I can not thank Him enough. Getting to relax and really enjoy theater outdoors and see Shakespeare presented in a neat way was such a gift. Friendship I know is such an amazing gift. Rediscovering a part of me that I think God wants to grow and develop more was so good. What a fun day and a great play. I hope if someone reads this and can go that you too will rediscover parts of you and allow yourself to enjoy the gift of the present moment.