Saturday, March 27, 2010

Daily 5 - Day 227

Today's Daily 5:
  1. 2921 posts here over the last nearly 5 years
  2. Reading Renee's Lenten Daily Grateful 5 lists on facebook each day.
  3. Discovering that there are only about 80 pages left to read in a book I'm slogging through for the purposes of writing a review
  4. Made the second new recipe for March tonight: Mediterranean Beef Pitas
  5. Went to Palm Sunday mass
  6. had a frank conversation with my parents regarding some stuff that affects my living situation.  Was grateful that they were open in answering my questions.
  7. A hug from mom
  8. Actually getting a bit of sleep last night
  9. Slow, lazy morning, but also quite productive
  10. Grandma being out of the house all day... so much less tense for me, and I got most of my usual Sunday tasks done, meaning that I think I can probably go to the zoo tomorrow.  It's been too long since I've visited "my" gorillas, and I still haven't seen the newest baby giraffe.
  11. The "I am a rockstar" reminder I posted earlier, from Kelle's blog post tonight.

Enjoying the Small Things

I've linked to Kelle's blog a few times recently.

I liked this post today. 

Especially this line:  "Every time I begin to sink, I remind myself that I am a rockstar. And rockstars know that life is beautiful. Life has challenges. Life teaches you things. And life is all how you look at it."  I needed to be reminded of that perspective tonight, when I'm feeling a bit like I'm sinking in the sense of being overwhelmed at all of the recent changes in my life, and how very hard they really are.  So, I'm going to remind myself tonight that I'm a rockstar, and I know life is beautiful!

The Call

I'm liking this song right now...

Particularly these lines:

Just because everything's changing doesn't mean it's never been this way before

and

But just because they can't feel it too doesn't mean you have to forget.

Those bits resonate today as I ponder some recently received information about my living situation. As I think about my journey of faith. And as I try to rest into a place of peace.