Be still.

Sometimes I think I was born with a restless soul. I casually throw that line around, laugh, without thinking about what it actually means. Restless. Soul. It's not a positive thing. It actually is quite frightening to think a soul could never be at rest.

I admit. I am occasionally guilty of this. Never letting my soul relax, rest, and embrace what is.

This past Friday was no different then the previous four days of the week. I woke up, rushed to get to work, and was slowly but surely watching the day pass before me. I met a new friend for lunch, where she mentioned she had a friend who was doing this cool project, etc. where she was starting a non profit. When I got back to my cube, naturally I googled her blog. Her story was refreshing and so inspiring. Before I realized it, I had read her whole blog from front to back.

This young girl, who I've never met, has a story that somehow sparked something inside of me. For the first time the whole week, I felt like someone had turned on the switch of my soul. For the first time in months, it was like a cup of contentment was poured over me and I realized this....

God. did. not. create. his. children. to. be. R E S T L E S S.

There is no way he did. Although, nothing was different about Friday, I seriously felt a peace about where I am in life in that moment. I have no understanding of why- but I felt like God was telling me to just be still. In Amy's blog, she talks about this verse.... "Let us hold unswervingly to the HOPE we profess, for HE who PROMISED is FAITHFUL."{Hebrews 10:23} How awesome is it that God promises us he will be faithful? What a hopeful promise from our Creator.

Check it ---->

Clothed in Hope

Whirlwind

Today I realized that for the past few weeks that I have been spinning out of control within a whirlwind- aka my life. Does that ever happen to you? You never know you are in a whirlwind until you are out of it. That's kind of the cool part. My heart has become really heavy as I've slowly spun out of it this week, mainly because I was forced to.

I've been living in Atlanta for about six months now. Time has flown in general, but this past month has been the fastest. I see now how all of the sudden you wake up and realize that you've been working the same job for 5 or 10 years-whatever your case may be. Anyway, I've met a lot of different people since I've moved here. This has been one of my favorite parts about living in the big city. I treasure relationships with people I connect with. As much as an outgoing person I am sometimes, a lot of times I am totally the opposite. I refer to myself as a one on one person rather than a big group person. This is something I need to work on, but it's just so much easier and enjoyable connecting with another soul on a personal level.

I feel as if I have a totally different outlook on meeting people these days. First of all- the type of people I am around has changed drastically since college. As you can imagine, the small town college scene is not very similar to the big city working life scene. I love both of them- but meeting people now seems totally different. Maybe because we are all in this stage of figuring out life, I'm not sure. Regardless, people seem to be more deep, transparent, and knowledgeable. Funny how much you can learn about yourself from just one person? I've had a few relationships recently where I have felt like the person knows me better than I know myself. Talking about an eye opening moment..

Webster tells me that a whirlwind is this:

1

: a small rotating windstorm of limited extent

2

a : a confused rush : whirl whirlwind of meetings> b : a violent or destructive force or agency

Key words that stand out to me here are limited extent, confused rush, and then inevitably.....destructive force. I really would have been fine if Webster could have stopped after confused rush.

Funny how something like a storm, can be so easily related to something so abstract as life. Funny how just one person, from an opposite world could cause this? & funny how as confusing and dangerous a whirlwind could be, all I want to do is continue spinning...

{Looove}

Owlie

Woah. Okay- I just realized it's been almost a month since I've blogged. Not cool--and even less cool that I didn't even realize it. I'm going to do better...mark my words.

Today I am inspired by one of the first crafty blogs I ever stumbled upon. I love this blog because all of the projects are easy and do-able. Look at this paper owlie! I think I need him to come live in

my cube.

Check out more of her crafts at her blog ----> http://www.howaboutorange.blogspot.com/
(sorry for the link. I'm lazzzzy)