while it's still easy.

There will come a day when getting out of bed will be an obstacle. A struggle that actually takes work to do each day. A day when our bones are no longer strong, our hearts are no longer beating as quickly, and our muscles are no longer as tight and useable.
Next time you sleep half the day and then spend another hour contemplating even getting out of bed, remember that it's as easy as rolling over and stepping off to start your day. No second guessing whether your knees will give out as you stand or if that pain from yesterday will jolt back as soon as you make an effort to move... Get up and make use of the time you have. While it's still as simple as rolling put of bed, jumping on the shower and and conquering the battles of the day.
This life is a gift. Our bodies arnt getting any younger. Don't let too old and brittle sneak up so soon, leaving you wishingyou would have made use of the time you had when you were still young and healthy.

headed towards a better life.

Hold on.
I keep telling myself, wait it out. Three more months and you are in New York, starting a brand new life.
New people, food, atmosphere. Far away from ex boyfriends, broken pasts and ugly regrets.
The best part is, all that I've learned up until now as a result of trial and error, I can now put towards a fresh new start. This time doing things the way I know they will work. Not jumping into relationships. Staying healthy. Being a go getter. Trying new things and no longer afraid to be the girl in the room that doesn't know anyone.
All that doesn't bother me anymore. After spending the last two years grieving a past boyfriend, starting fresh in a big city, finding a solid relationship with Jesus, changing the habits in myself I don't like... All that is going to be finally put to work.
I am so excited. So excited.
What's left to do now? Sit back and enjoy a beautiful summer by the river in my small hometown and get stoked for the end of august when I get out and do something with my life.
It really is only the beginning.

sunshine smiles.

What's better than the warm sunshine against your skin? Life is so beautiful. Sometimes it's hard to allow yourself to just sit tight and soak it all in. Take advantage of the simple gifts in the everyday life and put a little time for yourself in you're routine. I love being able to just sit in silence. Letting my mind quiet, and my body relax. Not thinking about people, food, work, problems... Just sitting.
I think if we don't take time to just stay in a moment and soak it in, we spend too much time pushing towards the future, until all that's left is remorse in the time we passed up to work towards the time we don't even know for sure if we have or not.
So if we know for sure we have right here, right now, this very second... Wouldn't we want to spend more time in the present instead of tomorrows plans that we don't even know if it's guaranteed to us or not.

 

Beautiful mysteries. <br >

Doesn't get much better than a breathtaking sunset, cool ocean breeze, and a silenced mind.

Have you ever wondered, with all the snow, rain, sun that melts the snow, and then runs off into the rivers which all lead to the ocean... and the ocean has gone thousands of years with this same combination of adding to it's already million of billions of gallons of water... and it stays basically the same. No over flow, no drying up. the waves keep coming and stopping in the same place, we live without the fear of one day losing all dry land to an over flowing ocean. 

How crazy is it to think. With all the additionally water that is constantly adding to, logically the ocean would continue to grow, but it doesn't.

Another one of God's beautiful mysteries. One that out does the human mind and leaves us speechless within it's beauty.