People keep asking me what I need. For awhile I thought the answer had to be some complicated spiritual answer, because thats my job, right? I’m a missionary. So I have to be deeply spiritual and theological all of the time. So I began to pray and ask God what I needed. Ya know what He told me? He said, “Mary you don’t need anything more than what I’ve already given you. I’ve given you joy. Deep, resounding joy that fills you and flows over into others around you. I’ve given you MY joy. You’ve just forgotten that, and thats okay. Now remember it and go find it.”
I thought that was pretty simple. Joy. Thats something I can do. And so I sat down and wrote up a list of things that bring me joy. Things that I need.
Here they are:
I need to get up high (maybe the roof of that building downtown) and see the world from a new perspective and also, I just love rooftops.
I need to paint a picture. A messy, water color one.
I need to listen to Bill Cosby’s ‘Dentist’ skit.
I need to do something mischievous.
I need to laugh like I mean it.
I need to buy a fantastic thrift shop sweater.
I need to quit expecting myself to have all of the answers.
I need to quit trying to fix people.
I need to make time for myself.
I need an ice cream cone.
I need to cuddle a kitten.
I need to watch Finding Nemo.
I need to listen to the Backstreet Boys.
I need to play Sonic the Hedgehog.
I need to watch that video of me and my nephew having a nerf gun war, again. (I won).
Thats what I need.
