not so boring, after all...

Praise the God of inspiration and ideas! After my previous blog it was clear that I was in need of both, and today has not disappointed. I started off slightly dubious as I headed out ridiculously early (in relation to game time) to buy tickets to the Nats/Phillies baseball game. My first baseball game, I was completely waiting to be unsurprised by discovering I had decided to devote my Labor Day holiday to something of little interest unworthy of the driven, die-hard devotion of thousands of baseball fans worldwide. But I was pleasantly surprised to find that I really enjoyed myself at the game, both understanding and watching how things work and getting into cheering for the home team (no offense Phillies fans, I don't have any REAL baseball loyalties...). It was also great to be outdoors, in the sun, even sweating (weird, I know). I can see why baseball is the American past time.

But better than that, I got to hear other perspectives on my dry spell. I've decided that perhaps I'm not so boring, after all. Maybe just momentarily feeling bored. But definitely not boring. And my life isn't, either. I want to go everywhere and see everything and get my hands in it. How can someone with a list like that possibly be boring? And so what if I don't run marathons or speak languages and I can't speak with eloquence yet about current world events or politics? I'm learning, and I'll be there one day. In the meantime, I've got some major trips to plan, and tons of people who have no idea about them. I've got a photographer to nail down and 48 communities who are working to change the world to make connections with. A website to build. Details to hammer out. And separate from that, I've got a major part to play in the building of an intentional community and covenant writing and another international trip to plan. Just thinking about how full I forgot life is gives me that anxious-I've-got-to-pee-but-don't feeling. You know?

In addition to that I'm blessed with people who can put it in perspective. People with the perfectly right words to say when I need to hear them, and the ability to be where I need them to be when I least expect it. I'm blessed to be inspired by a friend who is giving selflessly so much of herself to something she feels passionate about that at the end of the day, there's hardly any left. And blessed to be inspired by a friend whose ideas and honesty constantly amaze and motivate me, and leave me in AWE of the person God has created him to be. Through my friendship with both, I am challenged to be a better woman than I am. I strongly desire to be to them a mere fraction of what they both are to me. They are going to deserve their own entries, very soon. Until then, suffice it to say that I am blessed.

And not so boring, after all.