Roy Kent Chimes In
We’re big Ted Lasso fans in my house. Big ones. Seriously, we’re the currently-watching-it-the-third-time-through kind of big fans. And one of my favorite characters on the show is the surly, f-bomb king with a softer side Roy Kent. I just love him.
The other night, he said something that hit me so hard in all the best ways it brought tears to my eyes ⤵
“What if I had just enjoyed myself?”
It was a moment filled with regret for a time he would never get back, something he lost because he was too afraid to enjoy himself right where he was, faults and failures and all. Can you relate? I sure can.
It’s not one of the nine best Roy Kent quotes according to the interwebs, but it certainly made its way onto my grateful list more than once in the past few weeks. I hope it makes its way into your heart this morning.
Especially today, on this “day of love” current capitalistic influences have packed so full of Hallmark expectations and emotionally charged meaning that unless it’s filled with thousands of rose petals, sparkly jewelry, and extreme romantic gestures from someone else, feelings of disappointment and self-medication might be inevitable.
Unless we’re careful. Unless we know that what we really want has nothing to do with rose petals, jewelry, or romantic gestures. Unless we can enjoy ourselves. For ourselves. From ourselves.
So I ask you, my friend⤵
“What if you just enjoyed yourself?”
Might I suggest these guilty pleasure reads from the archives⤵
Me? I’m off to do some celebrating and adventuring today. Because when you’re lucky enough to be healthy, happy, feeling good, and living by the ocean on your 21st wedding anniversary, at least a little bit of celebrating and adventuring is absolutely in order. I’m not taking it for granted in the least. Especially when so many people are hurting and suffering right now and so much chaos and madness is taking over the news cycles.
I plan on enjoying myself today. I hope you do too.
May you have all the love you can stand today,
💛
Celeste
(pardon the beach hair)
