Five: A Decision

So I've been writing about how I'm having fun each day. Yesterday's post was challenged a bit by some of our regulars, because I didn't explicitly say "This ____ is how I'm having fun today," but the idea behind that post was that sometimes it's a special kind of joy to know that you are enough, you have enough and that you are beautiful just the way you are. That doesn't mean that you don't need to continue learning and growing, but it is meant to address the tendency in us humans to think that we are incomplete without some representation of happiness (a new car, new job, new location). We are incomplete, in my opinion, but not because of the things we don't have. In  my mind we are incomplete until we can witness and understand eternity. Until we can witness and understand God, we are incomplete, and nothing on this earth will make us feel finished, except, perhaps, the moments where we encounter God.

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I subscribe to the principle that "God is good, all the time" and also that God is Omnipresent, or everywhere. That means for me, that in every moment of the day, I should be able to experience God. That is MUCH easier said than done, but I'm consciously pursuing good in every moment. This morning, I didn't want to get up to go to work, but I did it anyway. The good I found was in seeing my best friend and drinking the coffee she made me when I got to work. I also found good when I saw my mum this morning and she told me to have a good day. These may seem like mundane things, or maybe just routine things, but I want to treasure every moment of my life. Yesterday I got a certificate from my company that states how much my life is insured for, and who would be my beneficiary in the event of my demise. Morbid stuff, I know, but when I think about the end of my life, I think about the people that I love, and the impact I would have made on the world while I was here. I am the most blessed of people to have the family and loved ones that I do. I should bake God a pie for the people He gave me.

So today I am having fun by choosing to see the good. There are a lot of things that I'm not satisfied with, but it is SO easy to talk about those things. It seems cliché, or really over the top to say that I'm thankful for my family and my loved ones, but I'm really thankful. I'm also living on a tropical paradise right now, where wild parrots fly across the sky in pairs and ocean breeze kisses my face when I walk out of my apartment. I am waiting on a LOT of other goods to come my way, but seriously, what if I died today? What if the good I have now is all I had time for? You and I better take a long look around and taste, smell, touch and see all the good that is right in front of our faces, before it's gone.

Make your plans and build your dreams, but don't disregard today. Just look at how good it is.