And Randy Jackson loves polka dots…

“I signed up to audition for American Idol.”  Jamie told me a few months ago.  “It’s on my bucket list.”

So yesterday Jamie, Easton and I found ourselves in Scottsdale livin’ the dream.  And what fun we had.

“I do not leap or jump for the landing.  I leap for the experience through the air. Because we cannot predict the landing.”  ~Brene Brown

I’ve shared this quote before.  I thought I believed it. But yesterday.  Yesterday it really clicked for me.

Yesterday Jamie took the leap, pulling Easton and me up with her to soar.

We soared through moments of the most fantastic people watching and long lines spent with interesting, kind and hilarious dreamers.  We soared through pleasant, supportive interactions with the American Idol staff and through the soul rousing energy felt when a large crowd comes together in the unity of song.  We soared as we finally reached the front of the line and while watching Jamie disappear behind the doors to her audition.

We soared through our day–giddy in the altitude–before gliding downward, landing softly, gratefully on the ground.

Jamie walked away with an item checked off her bucket list and I–through Jamie’s example–walked away with a new found desire for more experience through the air.

“What if everything in life could be like this?”  I asked my girls on our drive home,  “What if we were never attached to the outcome?  What if we did everything simply for the experience of doing it?  No pressure.  No fear.  Just experience.  What fun we would have.”

I then shared with them my resolve to leap.  More fully.  More often.

I’ll do it simply for the experience.  No pressure.  No fear.  Just experience.

And what fun I will have!