This is pretty cool. I'm in the air right now coming home from my whirlwind trip to California. It was a great visit, filled with reunions with peeps that I haven't seen in over ten years.
Even though I can't hit the "Publish" button right now, I can still make good use of my time by putting a post together until I hit the ground (not too hard, hopefully) and I can take this phone out of airplane mode. Oo! Quick fact. When the flight team gets on the intercom before take off and requests that you to turn off your electronics, airplane mode is not what they mean. They really want them *off* off. But no worries it's okay with them that you turn the device on once take off is done. Just a little bit of useful knowledge for ya.
Well. We just landed. I was going to put more but I'll save it for later instead. One more flight and I'll be back in Texas!
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Friday, September 14, 2012
Wait. Say that again?
I used to love roller coasters. I loved roller coasters so much, that, I would even scoff--yeah, I was a scoffer--at people that didn't like them. I would at times think of myself better than I ought. I must admit it. There I said it.
Now? What's it like now? Well, NOW the situation has to be *just* right for me to survive a roller coaster. It has to be, at the most, 2 years old; any older and it's had enough time to "not be as smooth of a ride." Yep, I've used those words before. It can't be a carnival roller coaster because; let's be real...stability? Fuhgeddaboutit. And then it can't be wooden or in pitch black because it'll either give me a headache or motion sickness respectively.
Here's what I discovered: I'm getting a little old for roller coasters. When I was younger I could withstand the tossing around with eagerness for more when the ride was done.
I kinda feel like the same is true for every area of my life. As I gain year here and a year there I'm supposed to be a little bit better at some constancy and consistency in the things that I devote and commit myself to and ultimately greatness in those things. But if I'm totally honest with y'all--which it's my desire to be--I'm still very in and out and side to side and up and down with the things that I decide on. I've gone up and down with my weight and in and out of the drum practice room and side to side in my influential relationships between those pushing me up and those keeping me comfortable in mediocrity and it's a roller coaster ride I've been on for the past decade. And I'm starting to get nauseated.
At the end of the day it's up to me to take control of what I do and don't do. In your life it's up to you.
It's really overstated, yeah, but...at the same time I feel like maybe it's so overstated because I haven't yet truly started living it out like I should. If that's the case then say, "Keep overstating it! Because someday... SOMEDAY, it's going to click."
Feel free to be the one to remind me. Any volunteer out there that wants to.
Now? What's it like now? Well, NOW the situation has to be *just* right for me to survive a roller coaster. It has to be, at the most, 2 years old; any older and it's had enough time to "not be as smooth of a ride." Yep, I've used those words before. It can't be a carnival roller coaster because; let's be real...stability? Fuhgeddaboutit. And then it can't be wooden or in pitch black because it'll either give me a headache or motion sickness respectively.
Here's what I discovered: I'm getting a little old for roller coasters. When I was younger I could withstand the tossing around with eagerness for more when the ride was done.
I kinda feel like the same is true for every area of my life. As I gain year here and a year there I'm supposed to be a little bit better at some constancy and consistency in the things that I devote and commit myself to and ultimately greatness in those things. But if I'm totally honest with y'all--which it's my desire to be--I'm still very in and out and side to side and up and down with the things that I decide on. I've gone up and down with my weight and in and out of the drum practice room and side to side in my influential relationships between those pushing me up and those keeping me comfortable in mediocrity and it's a roller coaster ride I've been on for the past decade. And I'm starting to get nauseated.
At the end of the day it's up to me to take control of what I do and don't do. In your life it's up to you.
It's really overstated, yeah, but...at the same time I feel like maybe it's so overstated because I haven't yet truly started living it out like I should. If that's the case then say, "Keep overstating it! Because someday... SOMEDAY, it's going to click."
Feel free to be the one to remind me. Any volunteer out there that wants to.
Sunday, September 2, 2012
Camping!
It's been awhile so I'll just get right into it. We went camping for the first time in YEARS this past weekend. And I must say it got both of us pretty reignited for the whole experience to be embarked upon more frequently from here on out. A couple things that really stuck out during that trip:
1. It's fun.
This seems like a no brainer, fer sure. But check it. I didn't know I was gonna have as much fun as I did. Even in the pouring rain and the extremely humid first night, I was loving it. Even in my misery, I was having a blast. Why? I had a little hand slap me unconsciously while the girl it belonged to turned over for more comfort in a tent that Beth pitched by herself in total cover of darkness in record time. The next day, in all our digging-for-diamond adventure, I couldn't catch a moment that was *not* Kodak worthy. Every turn of the head and capture of the eye was a proud moment for me as a husband and a father.
2. It's quiet.
Again totally weird to point out, but hold up. Out there I had no idea who was leading the presidential race. I didn't know what community was not getting the federal aid from a natural disaster that might have happened and whose fault it should be. Not just early in the morning and late at night, but rather ALL DAY, it was quiet enough to hear all of creation cry out in praise and worship to the great I AM. Not only did I not have to try to hear it, I couldn't ignore it.
3. It's catchy.
The whole way home Beth and I planned and scheduled our next one.
There's so much more I can say about it but I'll go ahead and stop there.
I can't wait to see all of you that are closest to me and / or taking the time to read this and talk about all of the victories that have taken place in your life! I don't know what made me think of that, but I thought of it and I couldn't just not put it because it didn't go with the theme of the post completely.
1. It's fun.
This seems like a no brainer, fer sure. But check it. I didn't know I was gonna have as much fun as I did. Even in the pouring rain and the extremely humid first night, I was loving it. Even in my misery, I was having a blast. Why? I had a little hand slap me unconsciously while the girl it belonged to turned over for more comfort in a tent that Beth pitched by herself in total cover of darkness in record time. The next day, in all our digging-for-diamond adventure, I couldn't catch a moment that was *not* Kodak worthy. Every turn of the head and capture of the eye was a proud moment for me as a husband and a father.
2. It's quiet.
Again totally weird to point out, but hold up. Out there I had no idea who was leading the presidential race. I didn't know what community was not getting the federal aid from a natural disaster that might have happened and whose fault it should be. Not just early in the morning and late at night, but rather ALL DAY, it was quiet enough to hear all of creation cry out in praise and worship to the great I AM. Not only did I not have to try to hear it, I couldn't ignore it.
3. It's catchy.
The whole way home Beth and I planned and scheduled our next one.
There's so much more I can say about it but I'll go ahead and stop there.
I can't wait to see all of you that are closest to me and / or taking the time to read this and talk about all of the victories that have taken place in your life! I don't know what made me think of that, but I thought of it and I couldn't just not put it because it didn't go with the theme of the post completely.
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