this week

i have been spending the last few days with this wee one......

she makes me laugh! today in the car i was singing quietly to a song and she asked if i was singing? i said yes, and she quickly replied, "well, i can't hear you. sing louder!" so, of course i did. i cannot sing but she didn't care one bit! we'll see how long that will last;)

anyway, i have had a fun time hanging with this sassy two year old.

i have definitely learned a thing or two about freedom because of her.....

ecclesiastes

ecclesiastes 8-11

“No one can comprehend what goes on under the sun. Despite all his efforts to search it out, man cannot discover its meaning. Even if a wise man claims he knows, he cannot really comprehend it……

The race is not for the swift or the battle for the strong, nor does food come to the wise or wealth to the brilliant or favor for the learned; but time and chance happen to them all……

The quiet words of the wise are more to be heeded than the shouts of the ruler of fools. Wisdom is better than weapons of war, but one sinner destroys much good.....

Be happy, young man, while you are young, and let your heart give you joy in the days of your youth. Follow the ways of your heart and whatever your eyes see, but know that for all of these things, God will bring you judgment. So then, banish anxiety from your heart and cast off the troubles of your body, for youth and vigor are meaningless….”

thought of the day

thought of the day:

i am entirely grateful for friends.

i've been sitting here at crema for the last four hours or so. my plan was to get some things accomplished but instead what was actually accomplished was what was really needed.....writing, reading, talking, and laughing A LOT, and doing all of this with my beautiful friend, emily barbee. we are also amped up on coffee which makes it all that much better.

it is really times like these, where breathing is easy, that life's stresses seem so very far away or at least very minute compared to the fullness of the happiness shared and experienced with a dear friend.

"I beg you to have patience with everything unresolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves as if they were locked rooms or books written in a very foreign language. Don't search for the answers, which could not be given to you now, because you would not be able to live them. And the point is, to live everything. Live the questions now. Perhaps then, someday far in the future, you will gradually, without even noticing it, live your way into the answer." -Rainer Maria Rilke

fall

who is excited about fall?!

there has been a few days here in nashville this last week that has allowed me to taste fall weather. i think i was beginning to think a day without sweating was nearly impossible!

i moved to nashville almost exactly 10 years ago this next month. i remember the smell of the crisp air and the fiery colors striking my pupils.

i am ready to open the windows of my house during perfect sunny weather days and to close them at night and pretend the candles that sit in my fireplace is a fire. i am ready for sweaters and boots. i am ready to hear the sound of leaves crunching under my feet.

i do not want to rush these summer days that are still hanging around but i will gladly welcome fall's return.....you know, whenever it's ready:)

someday

one of my reoccurring thoughts......

yes, i would like an elephant someday......

"climbing high mountains"

"So faith looks up and sails on, by God's great sun, not seeing one shoreline or earthly lighthouse or path upon the way. Often it steps seem to lead into utter uncertainty, and even darkness and disaster; but He opens the way, and often makes such midnight hours the very gates of day. Let us go forth this day, not knowing, but trusting."

"Lord, I'm climbing high mountains trying to get home..."

-Sam Amidon

my elephant

my mom gave me a card for my last birthday with this photo on it. she said the elephant reminded her of the dreams i have and in time will come forth. i believe this, and in the journey of seeing dreams unravel before me, i am learning how to live, to wait, and to love and enjoy the life and the incredible blessings that come in full every day. i do not always see these gifts each day, but in moments like this, where i can write and think, i look at yesterday and see the beauty that inhabited it.

i would love to be able to see this beauty in every moment.