Last weekend, I went to the most amazing place I have ever been: the Woodburn Tulip Festival. It was I-N-C-R-E-D-I-B-L-E. It was like walking into another world, fields of color and texture just sprawling before me. We picked our way through the different rows of flowers, marveling at how unique each type was: Jan Van Ness, Queen of Midnight, Winston Churchill, and Pink Angelica just to name a few of the varieties.

There was also incredible dutch sausage. Dutch sausage you may ask? I asked the same thing and had to try it (I mean, of course!). I am no sausage or bratwurst connoisseur as I don’t eat very much meat, but it was exactly what I needed during this overstim-visual experience. They were tasty sausages but I didn’t notice anything different from other sausages I’ve tried over the years.

Going to the tulip festival was like food for my soul more than anything. It was the absolute picture of optimism! Just what I needed to fill my heart and mind with (especially these last weeks at school). But it was also a reminder to me that filling myself with these kind of wonderful experiences can and should happen more frequently! I find the happier I am and the more positive energy/people/experiences I am around, I in turn am more creative, happier, and more of my natural self. This weekend, my best friend from high school visited me, the lovely Kristen Hurd. And lovely doesn’t even begin to describe her! She is sheer optimistic and positive energy in a way that is refreshing and invigorating. I am so thankful to have her in my life!

If your eyes could drink, the tulip festival would be the best and most pure water they could have. I know I am sounding a bit sappy, but I just can’t tell you how much I loved going to this festival and having Kristen in town this weekend. I hope everyone has a chance to experience something similar in beauty and inspiration!

Now each time I bite into a sausage sandwhich, a surge of optimism will run through me. I might just have to start eating more sausage .