The vibe just kept flowing, except by yesterday it no longer required effort... the energy just continues to build, I am overflowing with an incredible warmth on the inside that has no where to go but to fuel the smile on my lips.
Junior Friday in the city, I felt as though I'd settled into enjoying the new energy...I was in my flow. Tired as I felt, I couldn't resist heading out late last evening for a last minute gathering of "the gaggle". What a great night of spontaneous fun to celebrate another week coming to an end. One of our usual hot spots on King West was hopping early, filled with its always eye-pleasing crowd. More importantly, the positive vibe surrounded me. Catching up with great friends and welcoming new faces into the mix. The Law of Attraction in full force.
The smallness of the city was evident in the chance encounters with our party continuing to expand with people each of us knew coming to join. It got so comfortable and busy, I started to assume anyone who spoke was a friend of a friend. Perhaps that openness brought a conversation from a man in French who seemed shocked to realize I understood him perfectly, right up until I realized he knew no one, but just wanted to talk. A mildly awkward moment as I had been speaking with Brandon, the friend of a friend whom I'd been introduced too a few moments earlier. There it was...what started with a smile was seemingly expanding into natural conversations with strangers. The Smile Project seems to be progressing beyond what I could have even imagined. What a moment... Why do we work so hard when we can just let it come to us?
As the night progressed, one exhausted but happy girl. I passed up on the invitation to hit the next spot in need of a good nights sleep. Brandon told me he had a crush and asked if he could buy me a drink sometime...we exchanged numbers. My girlfriend who knew him through a friend leaned in and reminded me to stay open, whats the harm in a date?!? I stepped out on to King Street after saying goodnight, and smiled sheepishly as I walked home. The city is warming up :). Or is it me that is warming up?!? Either way...it feels good.
Not only has something shifted, but it is spilling out into every area of my life again. Like the spring which awakens nature from it's sleep, the Smile Project has awakened the energy I'd misplaced for a while... I have reconnected with the real me again, and maybe even discovered a whole new me. Before today even got going, I receive a text from Brandon... Followed by a phone call a little later in the day. He wanted to see me. Timing didn't work, but he threw some dates out for next week...
Within a few hours, I received a phone call from a professional private matchmaker telling me about a client that was interested in potentially meeting next week. Speechless and smiling, it's that universal signal theory... I think I'm just going to ride this wave for a while and see where the current takes me :)
Sitting in the office I felt myself and the team around me fighting the grumpiness of 4 days of rainfall and dreary weather. No reason for the smile project not to extend. I grabbed a colleague and we hit The Path determined to find some treats to put a smile on the faces of our team. Some Prairie Girl Cupcakes and Rocky Mountain Chocolate and the team was back in business. Better yet, this girl is smiling from head to toe... She's back!
"Right here, right now. There is no other place I want to be..." ~ Right Here, Right Now, Jesus Jones
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