Daily 5 - Year 2, Day 97

I had planned to write a post of one sort or another today, but between an appointment, exhaustion, the weather, and doing errands, it didn't happen.  So.  A daily 5 is all it will be today.

Today's Daily 5:

1.  Starting the day with a long shower
2. sleeping late
3. watching some of my favorite television shows online
4. smiling when I spotted "leftover" snow angels on someone's lawn
5. the sun finally peeking out (even if sunny days at this time of year actually tend to be colder!)
6. a good appointment
7. brownies
8. a plum
9. the smell of clean laundry
10. buying boots that should work for winter footwear
11. the smell of all-protector spray on new shoes
12. comfort food for supper
13. mindless television
14. being wrapped up in a thick blanket
15. a big glass of water

Daily 5 - Year 2, Day 96

Today's Daily 5:

1. looking at photos from the travels of friends
2. waking to find an email from L. in the UK waiting for me
3. people who actually take the time to shovel their sidewalks
4. a bus driver who actually cranked the heat
5. laughter with coworkers
6. Korean BBQ for dinner with my friend J
7. peanut M & M's
8. watching the movie "Morning Glory" and laughing hard throughout.

Let it Drive You to God

2 Corinthians 7:9-11 (The Message)

"Now I’m glad—not that you were upset, but that you were jarred into turning things around. You let the distress bring you to God, not drive you from him. The result was all gain, no loss. Distress that drives us to God does that. It turns us around. It gets us back in the way of salvation. We never regret that kind of pain. But those who let distress drive them away from God are full of regrets, end up on a deathbed of regrets. And now, isn’t it wonderful all the ways in which this distress has goaded you closer to God? You’re more alive, more concerned, more sensitive, more reverent, more human, more passionate, more responsible. Looked at from any angle, you’ve come out of this with purity of heart."

Daily 5 - Year 2, Day 95

Today's Daily 5:

1. 1 year, 95 days of making these lists
2. A mug of tea
3. Making fun plans with friends for the weekend
4. surviving another snowy commute (this one more complicated and slower)
5. requesting a new book to review from booksneeze
6. pausing for a few minutes to eat lunch and just breathe a little
7. Spending my day making phone calls for work that made people incredibly happy.  I get paid to be the person who tells people that they are going to have gifts to give their children for Christmas this year.  It's maybe the best job ever, because everyone I speak with is incredibly thankful, and today I got to hear some incredible stories, too, about how we're meeting a neeed.
8. Subway for supper
9. a day where painkillers actually worked, and I was much more functional than I thought I'd be
10. wearing a scarf (today's was from Nepal)
11. good discussions at house church tonight
12. praying together with friends.

Tired and Achy

Yesterday was a challenging day.

And last night was pretty rough.

I pretty much feel like crying.

The injuries from my car accidents that get exacerbated when I'm exhausted and emotionally drained are all sore.

And there is snow.  Everywhere.  In quantities that just won't stop.

So, I'm just going to do my best to put one foot in front of the other today.  Paste on a smile and fake it til I make it real, I think.

I can do this.  Once minute, one breath at a time.