Try Doing it Gods Way...

Time and time again I am like the rabbit from the story the rabbit and the hare. I try and move so fast or at the pace that I feel is acceptable for me in my life, trying to accomplish something or things that I feel must be accomplished. Thankfully, I keep being reminded to become more like the hare, to go at the pace that's right for me.

God says in Isaiah 55:8-9 My thoughts are nothing like your thoughts. And my ways are far beyond anything you could imagine. For just as the heavens are higher than the earth, so my ways are higher than your ways and my thoughts higher than your thoughts.

Sometimes I think I run so far ahead of myself because I fall back in being caught up in worldly ways and doing things for worldly rewards. Gods plans for me are beyond worldliness and serve a much greater purpose. When I become the hare I remember that I become a much more joyful person. I am thankful for the lessons I am taught and re taught. God always allows me to see the value in living for him and reap its REAL rewards.

Just Being is just fine...

Everyone is always so busy doing, and that's fine but what happened to being? When did it become unpopular to Not be over busy, to Not have a cell phone attached to your body or to only have one or two things on the agenda?

It surprises people that I don't have ten different doings happening in my life each day. It's almost as if I am ill or void of a 'real' life. It's become a status symbol to stay as busy as the day is long, yet so many people have forgot that they are human beings first.

Yes it's absolutely fine to have a full life, and it's also absolutely fine to have a life that's perhaps only sometimes filled with doings but always filled with being. I'm able to unplug, and continually familiarize myself with what's really important, who it is I choose to be and who I am growing into. Everyday connections with other people even getting a smile out of a stranger is a connection well made. We were put here to be examples of love to and for one another, to help and to, reach out to each other. Connections don't have to be some grand gesture, some of the best things come in the smallest packages!

Having a life and success are defined differently for each one of us, however, most of us have been unduly influenced by society's measuring stick as to what being a successful person should be. I try not to get too caught up in so many worldly ways, but to live simple and as true to myself as I can. It is my hope to inspire and and continued to be inspired by the beauty of life and it's lessons that teach me each day.