what i love about bass lake #3 – hope & dreaming
Jul 22
there are a lot of emotions that are up there on the importance scale – compassion, kindness, happiness, contentfulness (is that a word? if not, it should be), and well…hope. do not under estimate the power of hope because it’s almighty. i have been in situations where hope is all i had and it got me through. so i like to do what i can to inspire and stir up a bit more hope in my life. bass lake is a big part of that. when we’re driving up to the lake, we drive through some VERY small towns. the kind of town that just HAS to breed lottery winners. so we always buy a ticket in a tiny town and wait all week to cash it – we spend the week hoping and dreaming about how things could be different. it’s really not about the $$ but about the ability to dream, because after all – chances are we won’t win. but we have that hope and that hope is worth the $1 that we spend – it spurs countless conversations, reasessement of values and always the million dollar question – would we tell anyone? i also buy a stack of magazines – i scoop every magazine off the shelf at target. every day i read at least two from front to back, ripping out pages of inspiration (new music, fashion, books, etc…) and start a folder of dreams. i love the stories of people who started something cool almost by accident. that’s hope. it was at bass lake that i hatched the idea to reinvent myself as a photographer. inspired that “yes, i can do it!” i love how i come back from bass lake, refreshed, full of dreams and full of hope… so the million dollar question – would you tell if you won?
best wishes, zoe
Jen Lucero says
I think I would consider not telling but ultimately I don’t think I would be able to keep it in. I’m not good on sitting on something fabulous and not sharing it. I know that winning can also be a terrible burden, but I think I would rather store some away allocated for all major life events, have some fun spending a bit and then give the rest away to family and charities. It’s always more fun to share !
zoe says
i agree. but how to play “fairy godmother” for a while – treating friends to a special splurge, tickets to the alaskan cruise your parents want to go on, a fun party for all of your friends and family with a live performance by pearl jam… i could go on and on, so many fun treats you could surprise your loved ones with before they caught on that you were a lottery winner!