I wrote this?

Several years ago this was written on a blog of mine, by me, and I have no recollection of putting these lovely thoughts together but geez louies do they give me the chills now.

Psalm 23 - Jason Upton

to see a light
to be easily distracted
by life, dis ease
life should you be so easy on a heart so full, and ready
and waiting?
these legs are willing
able-bodied, they jog idly in place
the mind oggling at nothing
for this, all of this, is nothing
until
you've
been

transformed.

What does it take?

To be accepted.
To understand, better yet to be understood.
To know what you want and to go after it.
What does it take to do something "with all your heart."
To never look back. To never wonder, "what if?"
To be content.
To find peace.
To find the silver lining in each and every,
to love you just the way you are.
To know you have a choice and to choose it well.
To run until your legs are on fire.
To love as if you'd never known the pain of rejection.
To be rejected.
To call out and never hear a word and still believe.
What does it take to have faith in the midst of failure.
To keep on keepin' on when the wait is to unbearable.
To sing without fear. To dance without shame.
To write down the words you're too afraid to say.
To strive. To strife. To toil and tear.
To fight for what you believe. To fight for the life of another.
To fight for the freedom of a country you've never before met.
To fight for gold. To fight for your own life against an inevitable death.
To fight for joy, daily. To take every thought captive.
To captivate and dream.
What does it take to just be you and allow me to just be me?

Even if it's just your husband walking through the door after a day of work. Or talking to your mom and dad on the phone. Or a really tasty latte. Or a spoonful of almond butter. Or a really good workout. Or hearing a new song that you cannot wait to get home and download buy it.

Even if it's just the comfort of lying in your bed and closing your eyes for a good nights sleep. This is such a true statement and almost always forgotten.

How I'm Feeling Today...

"Peace of Mind" - Mindy Smith

just wait

Do all the good you can,
By all the means you can,
In all the ways you can,
In all the places you can,
At all the times you can,
To all the people you can,
As long as ever you can.

- John Wesley

This quote came to mind today and it speaks straight to all that has been revolving around in my little ole brain for the past couple of weeks. I have felt as if He is challenging me, through all the medias and peoples He can, to do & be more. Isn't this always the challenge? Well, YES! But lately I have become so...monochromatic about life. It is time to brighten things up. To delve into every aspect of life, with all the energies I can, and put some color in.
To read more.
To speak more.
To love more.
To listen more.
To INVOLVE more.
I have ideas,
I have options,
and I have dreams. Several different ones that could lead down several different roads if I were being an honest gal.
And every day opens up my mind a little more to possibility.
Opens up my heart a little more to receive. I believe and I feel like I am headed somewhere, that I am being led (and by I, I always mean me and my sweet, sweet husband).
I FEEL. And I'm a kinetic kind of excited.

And Heaven meets earth with an unforseen kiss...

listen.

wrinkles

...dismiss whatever insults your own soul,
and your very flesh shall be a great poem and have the richest fluency
not only in its words but in the silent lines of its lips and face
and between the lashes of your eyes and in every motion and joint of your body...
- Walt Whitman

Such a true argument for why plastic surgery is completely unnecessary. I have always welcomed scars eagerly, battle wounds to be proud of. I look forward to having "laugh lines" and wrinkles around my smile. I look forward to ever increasing the number of furrow wrinkles on my forehead from many an intense, intentional conversation. I cannot wait for the wrinkles to deepen in the corners of my eyes from the facial explosions that my life will bring.
I cannot wait to grow in love, grow my family, responsibilities. I cannot wait to grow my faith & my trust.
I cannot wait to grow old and live.