November 18, 2013

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Day Three Hundred and Twenty-Two:  HOME


I was listening to an 8tracks playlist for motivation and inspiration this morning, in a paisley summer dress while writing reference proposals for my grad programs and Phillip Phillips came on with his song Home.  I mean, I’ve heard this before, and it’s a bit overplayed, but I couldn’t help but start to cry.  On the day that I am about to perform on stage for the first time in five years, in a theatre that has become my home not only because of how comfortable I am in it but by the people who have made it so, and in a city where I’m about to finish my undergraduate degree with incredible, amazing people, I just couldn’t take it.

I’ve had a lot of time to think about where my home is.  Where do I want to be?  I love Europe, and London is definitely one of my homes, but I just… It hit me today that I’ve finally made Guelph my home.  I feel like a belong here, and after four years that’s pretty substantial.  I am so grateful for the people I’ve met and the time I’ve spent here, the things I’ve done and the things I’ve accomplished. 

I am so proud right now.

I hope you find this or have found this.  This feeling that you belong, but also that you are important and can feel comfortable somewhere you thought you never would.  I am so grateful to the theatre program here for accepting me and encouraging me, this has just been so incredible.

I was going to wait until after the show tonight to write this post, but I couldn’t after I heard this song.  I can’t even explain how incredible this feeling is.  I am so grateful, and I can’t say anything else about it.


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