I will not die an unlived life I will not live in fear of falling Or of catching fire I choose to inhabit my days To allow my living to open me Making me less afraid More accessible To loosen my heart So that it becomes a wing, a torch, a promise I choose to risk my significance. To live so that that which comes to me as seed Goes to the next as blossom And that which comes to me as blossom Goes on as fruit. --Donna Markova

Sunday, March 20, 2005

A Slow Sunday Night

A few additions to my list of things I want to do:
--Learn to take a compliment
--Lean to say no when I really should and yes when I really can
--Learn to keep in touch w/ ppl/friends from far away (I suck at this right now!)
--Learn to be still
--Learn to really listen
--Learn to look outside myself
--Grow in my faith in Christ--beyond my childlike faith dependant on outside observers and reinforcements to an inner gut-deep relationship w/ God--that he'd dwell in my MIND as well as my heart--that he'd be there in my everyday decisions, not just when I'm in crisis
--Never forget the value of good friends and pointless fun
--Don't dismiss the idea that some of my friends aren't Christians, but grieve for them that they don't know the love of God--especially those who need love the most
--Pray more
--Enjoy the short-term things even if they don't have long-term benefits

Okay...so some of those are less things you do than states of mind to achieve, but that's what was on my heart tonight.

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