Happiness & Peace

The past 24 hours I have reflected on my blessings. Usually Thanksgiving is the day that people blog about their blessings, but I wasn't around the internet then.

Over the break I was finally able to go back to Oklahoma and spend some much needed time with my best friends back home. We laughed and had all kinds of fun. It was so nice to finally be able to spend a full weekend with them. I get tempted every few months into moving back to Oklahoma. It's not that I don't love my job, and the people that I am around- it's just that I still get homesick. Anyway, hopefully I will be making my way back down there soon. =)

I then got to go to South Carolina with some Amazing people. I was given the opportunity to travel to an area I had never been and observe God's amazing creation. The week allowed me to cook for others (which was great since cooking is a passion of mine), spend time getting to know the people I was with, and getting some much needed rest. South Carolina is a beautiful place, and I would recommend everyone to go there if they have the opportunity.

Since I have been back, I have been able to see some of my family and talk to with a friend I hadn't spoken to in what seemed like forever.

Even though I know God is almighty, I am still awed by the abundance of blessings that He has shown me lately. I am forever grateful for this. It brings an inner peace and happiness. As amazing as things are now, I can't imagine how wonderful it will be when I am with Him one day in Heaven.

Prayers for Classmate =/

This is a message I just received from a high school classmate. If you read this, please pray for E.J. and his family.


Hello everyone, just wanted to let all know that I had the misfortune of working an accident on one of our classmates today, EJ Grant. He was banged up pretty bad. Broken leg, hip, sternum, knee cap as well as having a collapsed lung. No head bleed. He was air lifted from the scene to Parkland Hosptial in Dallas. He went into surgery for his leg and has since came out and is doing good. He has a chest tube in for the lung. He is intubated because he is heavily sedated. He has responded to people so that is a great sign. I will be going to see him tomorrow, Monday the 29th. He has a long road to recovery. The doctor has said that he may not be back home before Christmas. Please pray hard for him and his family as they fight through this.

Transparency

Some say the eyes are the window to the soul. i know you can tell a lot about a person when you look in their eyes, but I never realized just how much they can give you away. For example, my eyes turn blue when I am extremely sad and crying... no idea why.

I generally would consider myself to be a guarded person. It is something of a survival trait that I have learned with my past. So I find it equally fascinating and disconcerting when someone is able to make an observation about part of you and your life that you thought had been guarded so safely.

A dear friend reassured me today that it was actually okay to let your guard down every once in a while. I think deep in my heart she might be right. I just don't have all the answers, well I don't have any answers, when it comes to this. That's not a situation that I want to be in. I like to at least have an idea of what the answers are going to be.

So after a lot of rambling here is what I have learned. Unlike my previous thoughts...while I may try to guard myself- there are people who have the ability to make observations about me that I am not sure I am even ready to face.