Gypsy By Nature

Travel.  Jogging.  Prayer.  Water. 

No matter what is bothering me, no matter what I'm trying to sort out, no matter how stressed out I am, any one of these four things can help clear my head.  They help me relax and refocus.  (I even enjoy them when I'm not strung out.)

It is no secret that I love to travel.  I am probably more passionate about travel than even music.  New places, new people, and new experiences both excite and energize me.  I am not happy if I am forced to stay in one spot too long.  There is just so much of life I feel I'm missing when my wings are clipped.  One of my favorite poets, Robert Service, sums me up very well...

Comfort to Courage

Life.  It's beautiful.  It's heartbreaking.  It's full of adventure.  It's terrifying.  It's exciting.  It's painful.  And often it is just plain hard, even in the midst of the grandeur.

Sometimes I feel like I am just in a holding pattern.  That I am roaming aimlessly through this life phase.  I feel like just beyond the horizon is a painting of all of my hopes and dreams, but that I'm just close enough to see it and not get my hands dirty from touching it.

Waiting.  Learning.  Growing.  Patience.  Pain.  Change.

Lint, I Mean, Um, Lent

"Lent is a six-week season of reflection, repentance and renewal in the Christian calendar that prepares us for the commemoration of Christ’s passion and resurrection. It is a time where we disrupt our daily routines by choosing to give up something that is a part of our everyday life or take on some new daily practice. This disruption serves to make us more aware of and responsive to God’s presence in and around us."

-Mike Reading-

Taken from  IBC Lent 2013

I am, and always have been, an Evangelical Christian.  I say that only to clarify that I did not grow up practicing a six-week fast before Easter.  In fact, until I was in college studying masses and the liturgical calendar, the only thing I knew about Lent was that it was a word I heard in conjunction with Mardi Gras celebrations.

A few years ago I was fortunate to hear a fellow AG PK (Assemblies of God pastor's kid) talk to my small group about his experiences adding aspects of the liturgical calendar into his walk with Christ.  

You May Be the Walrus, But I'm the Pigeon

Ok, so I'm not really a pigeon.  BUT it is my current favorite yoga pose.  I was reminded of this tonight when I went back to yoga for the first time in two weeks.

Me Experimenting With Acrobatic Yoga

Welcome to My World

"Your hearts know in silence the secrets of the days and the nights.

But your ears thirst for the sound of your heart's knowledge. 

You would know in words that which you have always known in thought.

You would touch with your fingers the naked body of your dreams.

[...] The soul unfolds itself, like a lotus of countless petals."

-Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet-

And so begins my journey into the world of online journaling- a record of my eclectic, and often erratic, musings and daily adventures.  Encouraged for some time by my friends to start blogging, I am finally caving.

I LOVE lists.  Long lists, short lists, colorful lists, drab lists, to-do lists, any shape, form or fashion, I love them all!  How better to introduce myself than with a list?