it's the simple things in life. i took my (borrowed) bike out today for the first time. the sky is summery blue with white puffy clouds floating across it, i have found a nice spot on the grass under a lonely tree to sit, the sun is shining secretly but intensely through its leaves, i hear people walking, friends chatting, children laughing and dogs barking and the mixture of it all is my favourite sound in the entire world. perhaps because it reminds me of my childhood spent sleeping in tents at different campsites in summers.
it's days like today and moments like now that make me want to stay here forever. that make me happy. and it's times like these that i once again KNOW that it's my decision alone to not be this happy, this content, this thankful, this fulfilled in every moment of my every day. it's about looking for those things and not only finding them, but also enjoying them - enjoying them to the full. because life and days and hours and moments are full of those things.
but it's my decision alone to open my eyes and be willing to see them, be willing to let God so overwhelm you by His goodness that you forgive all the pain-givers and transform all the hurt into strengths and blessings. because when you truly decide to open your eyes, the goodness of God and the richness of His grace will come flooding in and you will never be the same. it will transform you quietly from the inside out and forever.
God and you, you and God, your little secret that will shout the truth loud into the lives of those around you.
if only you were willing to try.
if only i was...
"If you want to live the richest life, you have to learn to be where you are."
Jesus knew the key to getting the most out of life for what it was created to be. Matthew 6:34 says it clearly, 'Do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.'
BE where you are.
