I declare summer officially over – Official when I started back to my first grad class of fall quarter which has now been a full week ago…However I can’t complain…I LOVE the fall…for as long as I can remember it has been my favorite season! Just the thought of watching college football, wearing hoodies, drinking hot apple cider, picking pumpkins, walking in the brisk air, and plopping down amidst the colorful leaves makes me almost giddy!!! :)
But, I’ve found with the transition of the seasons comes a time to reflect and reevaluate…My summer was FULL – more full than I can remember any season of my life ever being…It involved LOTS of volleyball action, meals at Steak n Shake, an online grad class to contend with, and buying and moving into my very own brand new condo just as a start…I’m sure I spent no more than a handful of evenings at home alone the entire season, and while I enjoyed every minute of my full summer, I can’t help but recognize as the beautiful autumn season comes into focus, it’s beyond time for me to slooooww dooowwwn…
I’ve had enough of those going into work exhausted kind of mornings and with TWO grad classes vying for my attitude of responsibility to emerge…I think it’s time I heed the yellow light that is glaring at me on the road to the entrance of fall.
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Thursday, August 21, 2008
If Only...To Overcome
Lately I have felt even more keenly aware of my own weaknesses…
I’ve had no shortage of ‘friends’ more than willing to point them out to me…and I’ve even encountered some who don’t seem to think I’m all too worthwhile as a friend due to those weaknesses…
The funny thing about recognizing a weakness in yourself is that the recognition of it doesn’t necessarily help in overcoming it…at least not in my world!
The other funny thing about recognizing a weakness in yourself is that it becomes soo much easier to notice that same weakness in others…and it’s a WHOLE lot easier to expect ‘that other guy’ to overcome the weakness than it is to actually even BEGIN to overcome it yourself!!!
So I continue to pray and fall and pray and fall and pray again with every intention of eventually winning those daily battles…and I thank my Savior that his precious blood covers me with his perfection and soo look forward to the day when I will be made COMPLETELY perfect in Him with Him in Heaven! And, I can only hope that my church family will be forgiving and patient as I battle and grow and strive to overcome in the meantime…cause we are all accountable and imperfect.
I’ve had no shortage of ‘friends’ more than willing to point them out to me…and I’ve even encountered some who don’t seem to think I’m all too worthwhile as a friend due to those weaknesses…
The funny thing about recognizing a weakness in yourself is that the recognition of it doesn’t necessarily help in overcoming it…at least not in my world!
The other funny thing about recognizing a weakness in yourself is that it becomes soo much easier to notice that same weakness in others…and it’s a WHOLE lot easier to expect ‘that other guy’ to overcome the weakness than it is to actually even BEGIN to overcome it yourself!!!
So I continue to pray and fall and pray and fall and pray again with every intention of eventually winning those daily battles…and I thank my Savior that his precious blood covers me with his perfection and soo look forward to the day when I will be made COMPLETELY perfect in Him with Him in Heaven! And, I can only hope that my church family will be forgiving and patient as I battle and grow and strive to overcome in the meantime…cause we are all accountable and imperfect.
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