The best moments on Gilmore Girls for me were the times when Luke and Lorelai were together and good, and when Rory and Lorelai were together and good. Especially now, when I am watching for the 100th time and I know what's coming and that they won't always be together, I really take it in and enjoy the good times when they have each other.
So after writing yesterday about comfortable connected friendships, I realized that I already have much of what I'm always saying I want! I'm always wishing for this magical little place (distant and in the future) with connected people and cherished, familiar friendships and then I spend some time with my friends today and think, wow, I need to just enjoy what I have right now: great friends. Of course, I could probably use a little work on being a better friend and that may be what would bring me a little closer to that Stars Hollow feeling I'm always looking for.
It's that waiting thing again...waiting for when I'm ready to do things right and really start living and acknowledge that this is my life, my time. We need to take who we are, where we are, and all the people and things going on in our life right now and make the most of them. Let go of the people and things that drain your energy and enthusiasm; focus on the ones that make you happy.
Our lives come in stages and chapters, and not one of them is going to last forever. The joy comes in being here 100% in what's going on in your story now.
My husband and I are getting ready to move from a quiet Idaho town to the East Coast in a few months and I'm so excited about the beautiful little New England town we are moving too and all the adventures we will have there, but am I taking in the finale of this chapter? I will have lived this town for almost three years when we move, and I have to admit that I spent most of the time wishing we were somewhere else. And yet, while here, my husband went back to school after ten long years, we started to pursue new dreams for our future, my 2 year old son and 10 month old son were both born beautifully and magically into my arms at home, and I have spend time with some of the best people I have ever known.
Wishing away our time is not very Stars Hollow-like!
People in Stars Hollow are so content in the moment, whatever they are doing at that time. Think of Kirk and his hundreds of different jobs. He's so happy just doing what he's doing at the time! I love how Lorelai and Rory took advantage of every last second they had together when they knew she would be going to school soon. Their story is saturated with the memories they have made together every day of their lives in whatever stage they were in at the time. I love when they talk about their memories of Rory's birthday parties growing up, or how a certain town events went 4 years ago. They are always showing up for their life, in whatever stage they are in, and so they have the sweet memories to help them move bravely into the future.
What's good in your life today? Who are you grateful to know? Could you be making more of it?
Chances are this stage won't last forever, so write in some great adventures while the book is still open to this page!
