SUBMIT!

Yea... thats what I have been telling my body for the past two months since starting college and working at kohls. I'm slowly losing the battle... I have an eye infection and I just plain feel like junk. Something HAS GOT TO GIVE! Or maybe I just need to adjust to it?

It's been a crazy past few months... I never thought that the summer after senior year would be so busy. I also couldn't have imagined how much I have learned either... I mean between all the traveling I have done, being out with school and work, I feel like I have a wealth of experiences under my belt. I have met SO many people... probably more over the past 4 months than in the last 4 years... literally. Its weird to be making my own life. Working with people my family doesn't know, schooling with people I don't really know, paying for my own car insurance, gas, phone, clothes, and a myriad of other things. It's all just so strange. But I have come to embrace it, I think... I have taken a while to come around from digging my heels into the dirt and screaming "I DON'T WANT TO GROW UP!" to "Ehhh maybe this isn't so bad after all."

Life has just changed so dramatically. I don't have many friends, but the ones I have are SO dear to me. You all know who you are :) They are all such blessings to me and my walk with the Lord. They are my iron... and I am so grateful.

God has filled me with contentment with where I am right now. I am single... I am 18... and I love Jesus. He provides the money I need, my family, and a house over my head. He is starting to build a picture of what my future man will be like, and I have learned in the last few weeks that it is WELL worth waiting for. The girl whose wedding I second shot for last Saturday had a list of 46 (compared to my... oh what was it Megh... 80 some? lol) things she wanted in a man and the guy she married fit 44 of the 46 and she realized that the other two were forgivable :) But still... 44 out of 46 isn't too shabby! I have hope and I know that he will come when the time is right. I am out in the world making a name for myself, what else is there to do but pray and wait?

Lastly, I want to share a little phrase with you all that has changed my life. It's going to sound ridiculous, but seriously... this mandatory Kohl's policy is worth adopting. "Smile and Say Hi!" The first week I started working it was SO akward and I used the "Only if we make eye contact will I smile and I sure as heck am not saying hi" idea. But within a few weeks I was smiling and saying hi to people, not only in kohls but at school, old navy, giant eagle, ect. A smile and a hi is infectious... people even in horrible moods will smile and say hi back. It just makes the general mood of the people that you surround yourself with a lot more positive.

I DARE you! Smile and say hi to a stranger today. And you know... you can't refuse a dare :)

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