After a long day at work, he walked in through the kitchen door and with urgency came to me as I stood over the stove. He seemed to ignore my busyness and put his arms around me. For a split second, I thought something had changed. Hope welled up inside me, but then in a mocking voice came words that told me I was wrong. “How was your day”, he asked? Before I had a chance to respond he rolled his eyes and walked away. I picked my heart up off the floor and quickly tucked it safely in the back pocket of my jeans like I had done so many times before. Dinner was served and another night of meaningless conversation was etched on the calendar of our marriage. The day before, I went out on a limb and told him we don’t talk anymore. No more sweet conversations about our lives and our Continue Reading
The Simple Life Series – 6 Weeks to More Joy, Freedom and Balance
Living a simple life isn't as much about how as it is about why. We can spend time repeatedly uncluttering our spaces, clearing away excess and collecting the next streamlined agenda to help us simplify time, money and things, but if we don't take time to deal with why we're longing for a simple life and what's stopping us, we most likely will find ourselves circling back through the same cycle over and over again. Personally, I think it takes a bit of a brave heart to dive into 'why' because in asking, we are admitting that something isn't working for us. We're opening ourselves up to discovering what's hindering us from getting there. And we're showing a willingness to ask ourselves some deeper, harder questions. The kind of questions that have the power to get us unstuck and Continue Reading
How to Become a Curator of Good Things and Reach Your Goals
Investing the time for dreaming and visualizing our future is one of the good gifts we can give ourselves. Every year, I spend the entire month of January doing just that. Dreaming and brainstorming how I want to change and grow helps me anticipate, hope and birth more faith. Usually, it involves a vision board filled with pictures, quotes, scripture, and tangible items that draw my attention to the goals and changes I want to make. I know I won't accomplish everything on my board. I also know the things I do accomplish won't go exactly how or when I planned. That's not the point. The point is to intentionally move forward in my purpose. To grow. To change. To create space for God to work. Most importantly, for me, it's a tangible record of how I taste and see that the Lord Continue Reading
6 Life-Changing Reasons to Vision Board Your Life Plan
I'm still on hiatus, working on my vision board for 2019 and planning how I am going to accomplish my BHAG in 11 months time. Honestly, it is the biggest, hairiest and most audacious goal I've ever set, so I'm taking the entire month to set myself up for success. I hope this post from the Legacy Series will encourage and inspire you to take some time to dream, plan and hope in the power of intention and all it holds for a life lived well. Be sure to share your posts in the link-up and encourage one another also. I'll be back next week with a creative, digital vision board idea, a new series, and some special giveaways as we begin a brand new year of community and friendship at Fresh Market Friday! We all have a vision of what we want our life to be. At Continue Reading