Maybe not until college did I actually learn to do those last few "action words" but I still try to do them everyday. I'm still looking for something, all the time. Don't mistake constantly looking for something for unhappiness, I'm not looking for happiness. I've found that. I'm looking for inspiration, something that speaks to me. I'm also still finding, finding out more about myself every day. Finding out more about life, God and the world. And seeing, I'm seeing what life is meant to be. And I think I've figured it out: humble.
One of the guys in our small group said a couple of weeks ago "There just seems to be something so right about leading a humble life." How simply he put it, but how hard it hit me. That is all any of us should want. I was raised this way, that what we have really isn't ours. But only recently have I "bought in." There is a popular pin on pinterest that I have seen circulate numerous times, it says: "Remember this that very little is needed to make a happy life." That couldn't be more true.
I have seen, close-up, people who strive for happiness in things here on earth. Putting their very being into their house, car, boat, shopping, etc. I've always heard that if you want to know how blessed you are, count the things you have that money can't buy. Talk about truth. I have so many amazing people and relationships in my life that I could NEVER put a price tag on.
It is so easy to get caught up talking with Drew about building a house, buying a car, springing for an IPad. None of that is necessary. And those things will fade. Sure they will make you happy for a time but new cars get old. Houses get dirty. And an IPad would have a short life span around the likes of my husband (aka bull in a china shop). I would rather spend my money to help others and see the world. The car can wait but living my life to the fullest cannot.
In this same small group meeting we kept bringing up HGTV and while I can waste a whole Saturday watching House Hunters, it has done us an injustice. Be happy with what you have. Less is more. That isn't HGTV's motto but it should be.
I am blessed to have a husband who shares these views and (if possible) cares less about material things than I. I don't think leading this kind of life will be easy, keeping up with the Jones' always seems to creep in at some point. But I know Drew and I can keep each other grounded.
And in the interest of full disclosure I also told my mother that night before I started kindergarten that on my "to do" list at school was "get a boyfriend." Not my proudest moment, but sure enough I did.
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