09 Nov Happiness grows…
Hi friends…you thought I was gone didn’t you? You just knew that I indulged in a few too many pieces of my Halloween candy and was a goner. Well you were wrong…sort of. I did spend a few days in a sugar-induced coma, but minus the extra cushion on my backside I think I am fully recovered.
After 31 days of blogging (almost) everyday I needed a break…not to mention last week was one of my busiest school weeks, the timing couldn’t have been better.
Allow me to catch you up on what’s been going on for the past week…and what you missed in October.
2. This album has been calling out my name since it hit stores, but I’m resisting the urge to buy it. The truth is…I know it won’t come out of my cd player for at least two months once it’s in there so I don’t want to be one of those people just yet. But soon. Oh. so. soon.
3. I am so in love with this face. It seriously makes me the happiest even when I’m sad. I know it’s ridiculous, but I’m so thankful for this little guy. I don’t know what I ever did without him.
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| And yes, he did celebrate Halloween all month long as well. |
4. This little girl is celebrating her one year birthday this Saturday and I can’t believe it! Why does time really have to fly by so fast the closer you get to the age of an adult. Sheesh. Dear, Mr Time, could you slow it down a little please? …Her mom and I would both truly appreciate it.
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| Please…gawk, swoon…all you want at that lil’ baby face and her two cute lil’ teeth. Adorable. And One! |
5. This little pup is back in town and everyone at my house is so excited! And you wouldn’t believe the renewed jubilation in that puppy above. But we also miss her owner…looking forward to Thanksgiving!
7. Speaking of Thanksgiving…can we take a moment to acknowledge how much I love Thanksgiving? Truth? I’m on a general happy high between October and January because who doesn’t love the holidays and cooler weather?
But around this time of the year people begin the swing into the happy spot. That sweet spot where the important things seem even greater and the nuisance things seem completely unimportant. People begin talking about being thankful and it’s posts like this that make me truly happy. Thankfulness doesn’t come just once a year, but I love the magnifying glass put on it during these months.
“You know what I really love right now?”
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8. I really love…that these are my friends.
If I succeeded in no other part in the journey to becoming a better twenty-something-year-old, I did succeed in having ridiculously awesome, mind-blowingly great friends. And I am so thankful for that.
9. I really love…that these are still hanging around.
Do you every find it weird that the death of living things is so beautiful? I mean the leaves are dying; the chlorophyll that absorbs sunlight and uses it’s energy to conduct photosynthesis, giving a leaf it’s green color, is decaying. Eventually, they will all be brown, super crunchy, lying on the ground, and being blown away, but for now some of them are still hanging on. And I love it. (And no. I did not do any research to explain that to you.)
10. I really love…that this is really true…
“I know there are people who have actually gone from misery to happiness, but they didn’t do it by walking through three steps; they did it because they had a certain set of parents and heard a certain song and knew somebody who had a certain experience and saw some movie, read some book, had something happen to them like a car wreck or a trip to Seattle. Then they called on God, and a week later read something in a magazine or met a girl in Wichita, and when all this had happened they had an epiphany, and somebody may have helped them fulfill what this epiphany made them feel, and several years later they rationalized this mystic experience with three steps, then they told the three steps to us in a book. I’m not saying they weren’t trying to be helpful; I bring this up only because life is complex, and the idea that you can break it down or fix it in a few steps is rather silly.
The truth is there are a million steps, and we don’t even know what the steps are, and worse, at any given moment we may not be willing or even able to take them; and still worse, they are different for you and me and they are always changing. I have come to believe the sooner we find this truth beautiful, the sooner we will fall in love with the God who keeps shaking things up, keeps changing the path, keeps rocking the boat to test our faith in Him, teaching us to not rely on easy answers, bullet points, magic mantras, or genies in lamps, but rather rely on His guidance, His existence, His mercy, and His love.”
11. I really love that my church, North Point Community Church, raised over 1.4 million dollars in their Be Rich campaign in one week. What’s even better??! …If you could imagine something better… a large part of that money is going to these kids and their community….
…for a medical clinic! Instead of having to walk two hours in a medical emergency, there will now be a clinic in their community!
My heart is overwhelmed with joy for these people and gratitude and astonishment at the generosity of the people I am in community with.
If you were any part of this…thank you!!!
For more on who this money is going to click here.
I think that’s the perfect note to end on tonight. I hope you are having a wonderful second week of November.
Are you loving it?
Liz
Posted at 04:03h, 09 Novembermy jaw dropped when you started explaining the process of decaying leaves…. well done, my friend!
EmilyLorin
Posted at 15:13h, 09 NovemberHaha thanks…so happy I could impress you! (I think that's the only thing I remember from biology)