Good day to be Day

(Deep Sigh) What a nice day. The only thing that didn't seem to go exceptionally well would be work and even that was more of a lack of progress than a rough time. The weather was great, had some nice conversations, got some goodies in the mail, bumped into a few people some new and some old, did some shopping, and topped it off with a little backyard get together.

Sometimes I think I need to accomplish things to be satisfied. I can spend weeks in that mindset forcing myself to keep moving on things and then at some point it will hit me that I have forgoten to appreciate things along the way. I wonder how that happens, though I suppose it is a simple matter of getting to focused, to task oriented. It started to hit me that I wasn't enjoying things like the sky, or the fall breeze, or sitting and mulling over questions at night. I mean, sheesh, I couldn't even write a normal blog post. I was only concerned about catching up and getting things out of the way which wasn't working anyway. =3

What an ugly way to live I think, being that focused. Always looking for the next thing to do and finish. Not really stopping to smell the roses. Not that it doesn't have some benefits. I mean you are sure to have done many things both for yourself and others, but at what cost. I think I'd rather fall behind and still be able love life than become a type of slave to my ambition. Lol, "my ambition." That just doesn't sound right coming from me.

Anyway, tonight was nice to sit with my friends and listen to their thoughts and experiances in Handuras. They had spent a week over there working with a childrens hospital, if I am correct, by helping clean it up and playing with the kids. One of the group leaders, mentioned that some people had commented on the shortness of the missions trips that americans take. How if they really wanted to be effective, really wanted to help, they would have to stay longer. Maybe a month or so. I can understand the where they are coming from in a sense but really I disagree. Every act of God bares fruit. Granted it may not be an abundant harvest and it may not be the best fruit that it could be, but it is a good fruit in that it was spawned from a desire to help in Gods name. So essentially, every little thing done for Him (in context), is worth doing. True, the more the better, but that statement does not negate the positive effects that my friends had over there with those kids. True, the needs are greater than the efforts we as a country have put into the situation, but God is still working on both ends of it.

Give it time. Let Him do his thing.