a search for authenticity
check out our photo gallery to see some beautiful fall pictures that fawntane, my sister, took around my hometown. we also put some of her wedding pics in our gallery.
mark recently blogged about how a husband sees the beauty of his wife. check out what dan said:
“I tend to think that a large part of the definition of romantic/spousal love is seeing the beauty of God reflected to you in that person. It is the mirror that is positioned facing both the source of light and you that reflects the most light into your eyes. So then the difference between Alicia and some random chica is that she is the one God has positioned so that his beauty reflects off of her right at me.”
dan & i are going to ohio for the weekend so we can visit with jeff & mindi. i’m looking forward to the trip. hope it will be fun. i’m sure it will also be a beautiful drive.
i should be studying for my mid-term right now, but i can’t seem to focus on the material. my mind is racing with thoughts about us trying to develop relationships with others and thoughts about work. both of which are areas in my life that i desire change because they feel unhealthy right now. but how? dan & i have talked about various ways to get involved in the community - rec. sports, book clubs, acts of service….ect. and i’ve devised great plans on how to change my work situation. but it has been hard to transfer our focus from “planning” to “action”. i know it seems like simple stuff, invite your neighbors over for dinner or just talk to your boss about your unhappiness at work. but there is resistance. when i think about what is causing the resistance i can only come up with one answer. WE are the resistance…WE get in the way. our fear, our laziness, our selfishness, our self-esteem….. the list could probably go on for days.
but, could we reaching the point when our desire to be part of a missional community will overcome the resistance?
i’ve been wanting to do more journaling lately. so i searched the internet for cool writing exercises to help me get started. i found a journaling exercise about beliefs. here is a quote from the website:
“The purpose of writing out your beliefs is to literally collect your thoughts. You are not creating a set of stone tablets to immortalize your personal truth. You are taking a snapshot of your beliefs that reflect your life experience at this point. Some of your beliefs may never change throughout your life, while others change frequently.”
wouldn’t it be neat for a group of us to do this together and share with each other?? (maybe even on a monday night?)
my growing discontent with my job has fueled my desire to start some independent personal training business in our apartment complex. it is something that i’ve talked about ever since we moved in. i finally feel comfortable to give it a try.
i’ve been reading my new novel over the weekend. its been such a long time since i’ve lost myself in a good story. i will share all that i learned from it once i’m finished with it.
over the weekend dan & i (with some friends) went to the renaissance festival. i am glad we went, despite that it was sooo cold and rainy. the highlights included: good food, strange food (fried pickles??), comedy shows, beautiful jewelry, and interesting costumes. i hope that next year we can go when it is a little bit warmer.
speaking of jewelry, im interested in learning how to make earrings. anybody tried to make jewelry before? was it difficult?
i know you are all wondering what i am reading these days, so let me share.
of course i am reading my textbooks like a good student. but i doubt that anyone reading this cares what my textbooks are about…so moving on…
i started to read The Practice of Presence of God again this week. i know i’ve read the first half of that book atlteast 3-4 times, but i’ve never finished it. hopefully the second half will prove to be as good as the first.
also, last night dan & i went to barnes & noble. we decided that we should both get a novel to read for fun. how much fun it is to read a story….to get to peek into the lives of others. often i feel pressure to read something that will be “good” for me. hence, my desire to finish The Practice of Presence of God. but maybe the best thing for me would be to read a story. something that takes my heart on a journey and lets me escape for just a bit.
yesterday was one of those days where i have huge blocks of free time (like 3-4 hours) in my schedule. what i hate about days like yesterday is that i have no where to go. sure, i could stay at the gym, but then i would probably go crazy. so instead, i wander from place to place trying to find a quiet, cozy, warm place to relax and do my homework. i have yet to find this place. panera is cozy, but loud. the library is quiet, but cold. barnes & noble is warm, but loud. the student lounge in my building is quiet, but freezing. so, if you know of a quiet, cozy, warm place in the towson area please let me know because i have about 4 hours of time to kill tomorrow.
dan & i had a nice weekend. we didn’t do much, just hung around the apartment a lot. it was nice to relax and spend some peaceful time together. yesterday we moved our tv into our second bedroom. yes, i know it seems strange, but we have our reasons. reason #1 - we feel like we watch too much tv. maybe if it is not in the main living area then we will not be tempted to turn it on. reason #2 - we never use our second bedroom. and though we want to cut back on our tv time - we will not stop altogether…i mean, it is football season. so now that the tv is in the second bedroom we will start to spend some time in there on our nice red futon.
check out our photo gallery to see pics of audrey and pics of our trip to the cascades.
I’ve never been to Boordy Vineyards, but I’ve heard good things about their events and I’ve had some good wine from them. Check out their special fall events. Food, wine, and music…..sounds like fun. Anybody wanna go this Sunday or next?
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