I'm at a loss for words.
I haven't slowed down in a week because God is moving.
People are walking into my life and I'm finding myself different.
I'm finding that I'm truly changing by interactions with every single person I come into contact with.
I don't think that is that huge of a thing and tonight I find myself wishing everyone in the world felt that way.
Instead of: Waking up in the morning, grabbing coffee or a shot of expresso to wake yourself up, rushing here and there, leaving your first two outfits you tried on in the morning flung all over the room, your half-eaten breakfast on the desk (hoping it doesn't somehow spill and ruin your calendar) all to rush to the bathroom to pee for a second (if you can spare even that because your so rushed) then flying out the door, slamming the car door, tapping your fingers anxiously on the dashboard at a stoplight because you're worried you'll be late again, finally getting to school or work, frantically waving or saying a quick hello to the people you pass by as you rush to your desk to make it just barely in time for the beginning of the school or work day....
You: Set your alarm a little bit early, so that by the time you got dressed you'd have a little bit of time to spare. As you sat at your desk eating breakfast you'd glance up at the pictures on the wall and thank God for all the memories and the people smiling. The relationships and places that make your heart better. Then, as you walked out the door to leave, you noticed the beauty of the sky and the way that every aspect of life works together for things to properly function. Then as you sat at redlights on your way to work, you saw the people around you and you wondered about their story, and you find yourself praying for them, smiling at them and even waving, hoping that their day will be wonderful. You get to where your going and you speak to everyone you see. You hold the door open for someone because you're not rushing, you have time. You sit down next to someone and you have a conversation. Then as you go through your day you smile and wave and hug and ask and seek and love and hope and by the time you fall asleep at night, you have a list full of memories, faces, words, and beauty to remember.
That's really where I'm at right now.
Taking a couple minutes to seek someone out.....
And falling asleep every night with names and faces and pictures and words for people who, maybe I don't know amazingly well, but I can know without a shadow of doubt that they have a story. and purpose. and that life is meant to be so insanely beautiful.
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