Be Present

The wedding was beautiful. The groomsmen wore black converses, the bride whore light blue ones. The music was a mixture of Beastie Boys, Ben Folds, and The Darkness... no cotton-eyed joe or electric slide. I danced up quite a storm. and loved every minute of it. It was perfect. Congrats Brandon and Jessica!

I feel like life has been quite a blur lately, and I hate that. I have only a little over 2 months left here in Georgia, but every minute is passing so quickly. I have a problem by marking my time by events and not moments. Like, we are going camping next week, concert the week after, road trip a couple weeks more. It's the mundane that I miss. Like tonight, doing absolutely nothing with my sister... part of me thinks its so inconsequential, and the other sighs as the moment slips away. This concept of time if so difficult for me to hold.

>>> One of my professors told me a story about when he spent time in Japan as an educator. He said he was between classes and got into a long conversation with another professor there. He realized that they had been talking for quite a while, and were more than a half hour late to instruct their next classes. He said to the other... I'm sorry but we are both very late and need to go. The other man said, in my culture the most important person in the world is the one you are talking to at that precise moment, not the one you are meeting later. He said always be in the moment, always be present.>>>

I'll never forget that story. It is my greatest challenge, though. Always be present. When I think about it, it is very biblical, too. Jesus was always present. He never overlooked anyone because he had 'better' things to do or more immportant people to meet. He was always actively in the present.

...With all that said, I am so excited about some things to come...

1. Camping
2. Recording my music next week
3. Cornerstone
4. Colorado
5. Finally traveling this Country and playing music
6. Having a family/ being a wife
7. Finding my home

...Dangit'... be present!I'm a work in progress. :)