A new year and what do I want? I want people to see me and say, "Wow!" Not because I am strong or because I am courageous, but because God works through me in a way that people see and understand Him. Not because I am a saint, but because a Saint loves me. I look at this picture and see so many people that have passed in 2011. My church recognizes people that have passed over the past year by sharing a tea light and their name. When I browse these names, I am astonished at how many spectacular people have left us this year. The lives they have lived make me feel proud to say I have known them. I want that. I want people to see my name and say, "Wow-she was an amazing person". So this comes to my personal challenge. Am I portraying the person that I really want to be? Or am I just living a life to get me from day to day. I have a purpose, but does that purpose radiate through me, or just around me?
LASTING FOREVER?-January 4th, 2012
In a new era of experiences, there are some things that just never change---THANK GOODNESS. Although I think I will always have an issue with complete trust, I have to know that some things CAN last forever. A good quote from, yes, a cheesy Chic-Flick.
Zoe: That's when I realized-things just never last forever.
Stan: Zoe, some things CAN last forever.
SOMEONE ELSE'S REALITY-January 5th, 2012
After spending several penniless hours watching nonsense movies, I have come to the realization that everyone needs to escape their reality to share someone else's. It's only healthy to dream and fantasize about what it would be like to see another person's dreams, so that you can actually realize how real and perfect your own dreams can be. I started reading, "Water for Elephants" and the story reminds me, in an odd way, of the book, "The Notebook". Which, by the way, was much more intriguing than the movie version, as usual. But "Water for Elephants" was deep and profound. There was a quote in there, that helped to clear my mind some. It's hard to read me during the chaos of life, but this quote sums up some of my thinking and how I am dealing with the chaos. There are still hundreds of distressing memories, but they soon shall pass, right?
“The more distressing the memory, the more persistent it's presence. ”
― Sara Gruen, Water for Elephants
― Sara Gruen, Water for Elephants
LOVE/HATE RELATIONSHIP-January 6th, 2012
After an incredibly challenging week of work, I find this quote spectacularly true.
Stan: What's it like, the whole kid thing?
Playground Dad: It's awful, awful, awful.
Then a small moment happens, that's so magical. That makes it all worthwhile.
Boy: Dadda.
Stan: I guess this would be that moment, huh?
Playground Dad: What do you have there, son?
Boy: Poo-poo.
Playground Dad: It's awful, awful, awful.
Then a small moment happens, that's so magical. That makes it all worthwhile.
Boy: Dadda.
Stan: I guess this would be that moment, huh?
Playground Dad: What do you have there, son?
Boy: Poo-poo.
My work is challenging, sometimes truly awful, so hard-emotionally and physically, and tiring beyond anyone's wildest imagination. But then, some beautiful moment happens, that might not be magical, but that is so heart-pounding, so soul inspiring, and so extraordinary that it is all worthwhile.
WINE GLASSES!-January 7th, 2012
Also, after a hard week, when you receive these in the mail....life is incredibly good again!
PAPA BE CRAZY!-January 8th, 2012
I can't take him anywhere in public, and yet I want to take him everywhere!
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