new feats and new friends

in practicality, it should have been, and was, 

one of the most nerve wracking and scariest things i have done yet. 

the nature of my personality has never allowed me 

to boldly and comfortably express my artistic side 

to those i do not know with a close and personal bond. 

so, making complete sense, i should have been terrified.

and to some extent, i was worried,

but not as i thought. 

i was oddly calm and uncharacteristically outgoing

and shared myself with those i did not know, as i never had before.

and while it very much had to do with the sweet and similar personality of my new friend, 

i realized that it also very much had to do with a much higher ideal.

and now, as i write this, 

feeling the swelling pressure in my chest, and knowing what it is, 

i can't deny that there is a plan in my life and i am doing it right now. 

i would have been blessed as so, if i was not doing what is set in motion.

and boy, is it a beautiful thing. 

i didn't plan on writing something like that for this post, 

and i almost never do, but here's the fun part of it all!

about a week ago, i was emailed by a lovely girl asking if i would take her pictures. 

as are all my reactions to people asking if i would take their pictures, 

i was a little shocked, but unlike my usual reaction, 

i was much less nervous and much more excited!

so we had a fun little photoshoot down in provo (my first time shooting there!)

and it turned out to be not only a splendid time.