…the more you have the harder it is to breathe!
Ever since I was a little girl I envisioned what my life would be like when I reached a certain age. Getting married, finishing school and choosing a career, having babies, etc. None of the things I imagined included traveling the world. Even though it has been a dream of mine for a long time, it was almost a dream that I expected to never actually happen. And here I am, 26, and my life is just that. I celebrated my birthday yesterday with amazing people in India by getting my nose pierced and having the waiters at Pizza Hut sing me a birthday song to the tune “We Will Rock You.”
The past year has been one crazy adventure after another. I have learned more about God, life and myself through this trip than I have anywhere else. Some of you have made the comment that I have done and experienced more in my 26 years of life than you have, being older and wiser. Though that may be true I don’t consider this year my “good deed” for my life. I don’t want to just check it off my list and remember “the good ‘ol days” of serving Jesus. I feel like it’s just the beginning.
I want to take the things I have learned from this year and have it propel me to greater things. I’m not finished. I haven’t arrived. There’s more things I want to learn and experience. Even though this chapter of my life is quickly coming to a close, a new chapter will begin. And as you read a book, you may have an idea of what will happen but you never know until you actually read the story. That’s kind of where I am. I have a big picture in my head of what I think my future will look like, but I won’t know until I get there and it actually happens.
So this birthday I found myself reflecting on this past year. It’s been a great one. Maybe even the best year of my life. But I don’t want it to remain that way. I want my 26th year to be even better than my 25th. Why not? I’m pretty sure that’s what God wants too. So stay tuned…this girl’s got a lot of living left to do!
