The worst, shocking, most frustrating, and amazing day!

So, yesterday started off brutal, but ended amazingly...

I hardly slept that night/morning because I had a bad migraine. I attempted to sleep in, but that didn't really pan out so well. This was the WORST part of my whole day. After that I went to the office and then we had a painting project so I painted and tried to not increase the what was now a headache any more. From there, we had our intern small group! It was good.

We were talking about water and how it encompasses everything. If you don't have it you die. How it doesn't change density, even if it changes its state. How in order for a seed to grow it needs water. From there we compared that to community within the church. A concept I have thought of in the past, but it was never really solidified in my thinking! It was interesting to think about it. I think the biggest SHOCK of that day though was when the question "Who is your mentor?" came up and I didn't have a response. Self-leadership though was the one thing I could think of.

I force myself to grow in certain ways. I look at situations at a bias, but attempt to see the third party perspective. I, however, instill my time into those around me. Invest into their lives and somehow in turn they invest into mine and help me grow and teach me and say things that I need to hear. Even though, I do not have a designated 'mentor' there are people who invest in my life non-stop. From the littlest of a moment to the biggest, people invest in me. Which then made me start to think... I try to see the positive in things that people don't always see and even nature I think in a weird round about way has also invested in me. It captivates me that I jsut can't get enough of it. Sitting in this office I look out the window and see these mountainous hills in the back drop of palm tree trunks and branches with a splatter of cacti. The view is amazing to me and yet people who live here don't really take a second look at it all!

After the meeting, I went to go play soccer with a bunch of people. It was a great feeling to tie the laces on my cleats and kick a ball into the goal. It's been a while that I've played, and every time I play again, I wonder why it took me so long to play again. The MOST FRUSTRATING part of the day... driving to Beverly Hills in traffic! It should have been a 25 minute trip, however it took 50 minutes going and coming back home it took 35 minutes. I was not a happy camper!

I got home and got ready for the night. Steve (the Australian intern) invited us to go see an Australian artist by the name of Kate Miller-Heidke. She is famous in Australia, but is trying to make it big in North America. We went and saw her gig... it was absolutely incredible! Her album doesn't do her justice. She's so very quirky and her vocal ability is outstanding. Classically trained and with operatic abilities tied in with this quirky poppy indie sound! A mixture of deliciousness... like red velvet cake! All I can say is go see her and/or get her music. She reminds me of Kate Nash, but Kate MH is Australian not English! It was absolutely AMAZING! A great way to end off my day for sure!