Things I've been thinking about lately...

...Giving. With unlimited opportunities and limited resources, how do I choose where to give my money? Is it okay that sometimes I give just based on a feeling?

...Rest. How do I find it in the midst of what feels like chaos?

...Stuff. I have too much of it. Even after getting rid of a lot of it, I filled a 16' moving truck without hardly trying. I told the checker at Trader Joe's that I was moving, and he informed me that the last time he moved, he fit everything he owned in the back of his Nissan. Hmmm...

...Laughter. I like it. The other day I was out with my roommates and we laughed so hard that my abs hurt. It had been awhile since I've laughed so hard that my abs hurt. I think this needs to be a regular occurrence in my life.

...Friends. God's given me some pretty great ones, and boy am I grateful. I couldn't do this life alone.

...Loneliness. What do I do with it? Do I let God meet me in it?

...Faith. I want to live by it. My parents came to visit, and they shared with me some thoughts on how we won't be able to live by faith in Heaven, so we'd better practice it as much as we can now. Good thoughts.

...Weddings. A lot of my friends are getting married. I wish I could go to all of their weddings. Suddenly I've realized that working in the wedding industry means I work on weekends when my friends are getting married. That's kind of sad. But if I get to plan their wedding, it's awesome.

...One wedding in particular. Ann's wedding is 25 days away. I wonder how many nights I will be up thinking about it? If I'm going to plan weddings for a living, I've got to figure out how to shut my brain off at night, so that I don't lose sleep. It's amazing how many hours I can spend lying awake in bed thinking about details I haven't even figured out yet. Like what exactly I'm going to say to all the members of the wedding party during the rehearsal. It doesn't matter that I don't even know who all the members of the wedding party will be, I sit there trying to figure out exactly what I'm going to tell them about where to stand and what to do and where to be when. It's madness, I tell you.

...Hawaii. My parents are there for their 30th anniversary. I also just talked to a friend who lives there. I think it would be nice to be there right about now.