It’s too easy to get caught up in the hustle and bustle of “whats next”? or the headlines and the negativity. So, I’m taking the difficult way out. I’m going to choose to find God in my daily life, through the clutter of this world. Because what if my best friends smile was my headline or if my hustle and bustle was my walk from one cup of coffee to the next. What if I saw every little blessing God has not-so-secretly hidden in my everyday. I think that if I became aware of every single blessing in front of me, it would make that pile of dishes a little smaller, or even make me grateful that I have a large community to share meals with, and realize that I’d rather clean all day than eat alone. I think that if I laughed every time I dropped my toothbrush on the ground instead of complaining I’d have more peaceful mornings. Or if I’m asked to pick up my things and move outside that I’d be glad that I have the opportunity to star gaze myself to sleep. I long to be genuinely thankful for beautiful sunsets and mom’s advice.
I want a life that sizzles and pops and makes me laugh out loud. And I don’t want to get to the end, or to tomorrow, even, and realize that my life is a collection of meetings and errands and receipts and dirty dishes. I want to eat bags of takis and sing out loud in the car with the windows down and wear my birkenstocks and patagonia shorts all day every day and stay up all night laughing and talking to my friends. I never wanna stop traveling the world, dancing with kiddos of all colors and sizes, pretending like for just a moment that I never grew up. I want to sleep hard during a good afternoon nap and throw parties with the people I love and eat tons of spaghetti and get so passionate about the things I am doing that I can’t help but jump up and down. And I want my everyday to make God belly laugh, glad that he gave life to someone who loves the gift.
This is an entry that I typed up based on a popular book called, orange tangerines– I changed her words to fit my life. this is the life I want. I wanna live a life that I will never look back and think “what if I would have done that differently”? I wanna live and dream and dance all over this world with my Heavenly Father. This is me. This is my life. This is my heart.
Yooooo, I’m moving to Georgia in ten days to be apart of an incredible leadership program called CGA (the Center for Global Action). I am getting to live in GA for a whole semester. I will get to learn and be discipled by an organization that is so dear to my heart. Stay tuned for all the updates. Go ahead and subscribe to this blog, ill be posting here from now on!
