Hello reader,
Suddenly it's June and I realised I haven't posted for 6 months. I'm still here!
I went to see Coldplay last Tuesday night, and it was up there with the best nights of my life, alongside seeing Miley Cyrus when I was 11 (BIG Hannah Montana fan), and any time Shania Twain "Man I Feel Like A Woman" comes on in a bar (if you've ever been out with me - you'll know).
I wanted to write something the second I left the stadium.
70 thousand people were in there, and I think everyone cried at some point.
Getting emotional was expected, but tears streaming down my face (allow the "Fix You" pun) by the 3rd song was not. I don't know where it came from, but I know that everyone in that stadium felt the same thing. Every single one of those 70+ thousand.
Whether it was dancing, crying, singing or even just giving their friend a "I love this one" glance when they heard the first chord. Everyone.
There is an instant feel of community and togetherness at a show like that. From the Mexican Wave that was entertained by the entire stadium in the moments before the
band came on, to the singing that must have been heard by the entire city, everyone was joining in.
At one point, they asked us to stop recording, stop photographing, and to put our phones away.
"Just so we can be together for this one song", he said.
There was an instant shift in the air when people felt the pressure of recording, of making sure they had that moment captured on their phones, disappear. The expectation of getting the best photo to show people when you get home was suddenly gone, and people truly enjoyed that moment for what it was. The stadium was bouncing.
I will remember that moment for the rest of my life, without it being photographed.
Say what you like about Coldplay's music (within reason), but being able to create moments like that is something to shout about.
I left the stadium wondering why it is only during those tiny occasions where we feel that sense of wholesome enjoyment, and that surely there's more of it to be found.
We are always striving for the next best thing, recording and photographing ready to look back, focusing on getting to the next step... before we have even really stood still on the one we are jumping over.
Don't get me wrong, I definitely took photos. I'm trying to be wholesome, not crazy. But from now on I want to try and enjoy the moments for what they are, not for what I look at on my camera roll and think I remember.
Because from that Coldplay concert, I don't remember exactly when the fireworks went off, but I do remember my best friend's face when they did.
Speak soon,
Emma x
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