Well since 2016 is coming and I have been so anti-climatic this holiday season I decided to at least throw out one more blog. Because...it's been a month. Oops.
There are so many things I could tell you. I could tell you about work, running, friends, drama..but. Not today. I'll save that.
Today we shall focus on contentment. So many people are striving to not be 'content' while others are blindly searching for it, all the while not realizing it. Christians claim that contentment can be 'wrong', while moralistically good people thrive off of their lives being that way. So. I decided I wanted a middle ground. I follow Hannah Brencher and am kinda friends with her (YAH!) and she recently posted a blog about contentment and her quest for it and this is where my thoughts began.
This is where I started pondering my upcoming year. And quite honestly it's a whole lot of certain uncertainty. I can tell you I'm not going to school. I'm not going to Peru. I'm gonna run some marathons. I'm gonna love FF. I'm gonna invest until I can't anymore. And. I'm gonna thrive in my content bubble.
My New Year's resolution is to live each day to the fullest; to be content where I am. To love recklessly. To accept that this might not be 'the year', but just will be 'another year' and that is exactly how I want my 24th year to be. Because I firmly believe that when I strive to simply live in each day; growth where I need it will happen. I'm not looking to 'where I want to be by the end of 2016', because who knows what life will throw at you in the midst of it. I can SURE say I'm not where I figured I would be at the end of 2015, but I sure would never change a piece of it. I'm not supposed to have it figured out. I should be living paycheck to paycheck. I want to simply BE and BE OK within that vastness. The growth is inevitable, but I'm sure not going to plan it. I can't wait to see what it looks like, but I want to EXPERIENCE it, and not predetermine it.
I mean dang I can't believe I conquered a 50 miler ultra running race and an Ironman. This was supposed to be 'the year', and I can tell you it's simply 'another year'; that's OK. Another year of learning happened, and I will strive for 365 more days of that.
All my buddies (and no judgment to you reading) have all these resolutions every year, and let's see how that goes? Yep. Ok. Well? Didn't think so. Sure I have some things I want to do (like MARINE CORP MARATHON WITH AINSLEY'S ANGELS!), but please. After so many years of college and crazy differences in the years; I want to simply bask in the presence of the day.
I am in the midst of doing #100daysofgratitude and I love it. Getting to reflect on how God is letting my cup overflow every single day is humbling. Life can be so wonderful and so hard simultaneously, and #100daysofgratitude simply reminds me how to be proactively thankful.
So. That's that. Not exactly cool but I'll never claim fame.
Short sweet and to the point is my life these days. So. 2016: I'm coming for ya!
Megan Hello. So good to know you through your profile on the blogger and the blog post. I am glad to go through your blog post and I am so blessed and encouraged by going through it. The year of contentment. I preach on this topic good number of time in my Pastoral ministry. I am blessed and feel privileged and honored to get connected with you because of who you are in the Lord Jesus Christ. I am from Mumbai, India and have been in the Pastoral ministry for last l36 yrs in this great city of Mumbai a city with a great contrast where richest of rich and the poorest of poor live. We reach out to the poorest of poor with the love of Christ to bring healing to the broken hearted. We also encourage young and the adults from the west to come to Mumbai to work with us during their vacation time. We would love to have you come to Mumbai with your friends to work with us during your vacation time. I am sure you will have a life changing experience. My email id is: dhwankhede(at)gmail(dot)com and my name is Diwakar Wankhede. Looking forward to hear from you very soon. God's richest blessings on you, your family and friends and also wishing you a blessed and a Christ centered NEW YEAR.
ReplyDeleteMegan Hello. So good to know you through your profile on the blogger and the blog post. I am glad to go through your blog post and I am so blessed and encouraged by going through it. The year of contentment. I preach on this topic good number of time in my Pastoral ministry. I am blessed and feel privileged and honored to get connected with you because of who you are in the Lord Jesus Christ. I am from Mumbai, India and have been in the Pastoral ministry for last l36 yrs in this great city of Mumbai a city with a great contrast where richest of rich and the poorest of poor live. We reach out to the poorest of poor with the love of Christ to bring healing to the broken hearted. We also encourage young and the adults from the west to come to Mumbai to work with us during their vacation time. We would love to have you come to Mumbai with your friends to work with us during your vacation time. I am sure you will have a life changing experience. My email id is: dhwankhede(at)gmail(dot)com and my name is Diwakar Wankhede. Looking forward to hear from you very soon. God's richest blessings on you, your family and friends and also wishing you a blessed and a Christ centered NEW YEAR.
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