layers

As I'm going through some big changes right now (never have I not had a job working crazy hours, I now am working on creating an actual Sarah-schedule ... ), there are alot of "peel-backs" I am experiencing.

Like any time of a deepened evaluation and inventory of 'life', I'm dealin with taking some and losing some.  No, not all inconsistency is bad, but nor is all mellowness good.  I almost feel like I am cleaning out my fridge ... only wanting to keep the freshest of items and ones I will actually use to create something.  Others could probably relate more to 'purging' (for some reason, I don't have as much fun throwing away as I do for re-using items for alternative purposes!), maybe even a cleansing ... I see it all the same ... we're all given continuous opportunities to start afresh, clear our palette, blank our slates.

Yet, much like this wall painted over many times, through many years, with many more stories that I could not even begin to compare to my own to, there is always a tinge of color left behind.  A reminder of a lesson, a cherished smile, tears that were never seen, joy that still beams.  Change can be good ... colorful really.



pic pix: a 'composed' story on a building wall in Inglewood, Calgary, AB 

some sites seen in sfo

Here's a little "taste" of our fast-blast down to San Francisco last Saturday ...

...M'love ... ready to eat that seafood he loves...

...top of Lombard Street ... sfo's crookedest street...

...the bridge was so foggy ... you could not see the top from shore...

pic pix: details of the loveliest of foggy days, SFO, CA 04.Sept.2010

enough of this

My last few months have been tiring, deciding, and revealing.  Priority is an attribute I am wanting to execute with each given breath I am granted.  Taking an inventory of what I have prioritized, I've realized that alot of my waking moments have been filled with work; thus resulting in my tiredness.  Becoming conscious of that, I have been deciding what I want to put first and how I can do that.  And even though it's been a seemingly "walk down loose rock" feeling, daily, I am still gaining fresh perspective ... pure revelation.  


Within this period, I've realized that I don't take enough time to even know what I want to prioritize within my desires!  My God, my Love, my family, my friends have walked by me patiently ... to them I want to be able to show the primacy they hold.  Time for uninterrupted creativity, the release of my thoughts to written word, physical health and rest ... components that can be bi-products of placing things first as I walk through this priority corridor.

That being said, and out in the open, I have decided to make a step in that direction today.  Tomorrow, I am going to quit my airline job.  I've been there 3 years, loved most moments of it (!), and am already having separation issues!!  Mainly the benefits and family of co-workers will be my major losses; evenings and weekends free, proper sleep and consistency of routine will be some of my major gains.  As any comfortable situation is hard to move away from, I know that leaving there will serve as another passageway to finding this "priority" puzzle I am figuring out.

Isn't priority what influences how you spend your day?  How do you spend your days?  What do you place at high value enough to be apart of your daily routine?  


pic pix: Chester Lake, AB, 14.Aug.2010

quenched

We ventured to the K-country (Kananaskis) this weekend ... something I suggest everyone should have the privy of before they die.  The mountain air, rolling foothills, and surrounding greens array enough beauty that takes your breath away and immediately fills your lungs with fresh, moist "goodness".  When you see and walk through such awesomeness, every spectrum of pleasure is satisfied ...

you hear ...

      nothing but soft winds through trees, ripples or rages of water

you smell ...

      sweet, familiar, yet crisp, alluring aromas beaconing longer stays

you feel ...

      refreshed from the brisk air and a tingly heat from the warm sun

"You [GOD, our FATHER] open your hand and SATISFY the desires of every living thing..." 

 psalms 145:16

Nature once again sings to me ... my desire has been nourished and satisfied ... my Heavenly Father has opened His handiwork, manifested beauty for me to behold.  What is it that you long to have satisfied?  How do you seek it?

pic pix: my b-day hikes, K-Country, AB 19.Jun.10

island of color

Yet another weekend of awesome sights, unforgettable experiences, warm hospitality ... I didn't want to leave!  To have the privilege of being apart of such a special weekend (Matt's cousin's wedding), on such a special island (P.E.I.), made me feel like one special girl (which I was!!).  If there was one thing I could hone in on about this 'gem of an isle', it would be the impressing array of vivid color.  Red fertile soil serving as the undercurrent of this island's color palette, ready to cultivate potatoes, luscious greens freshly sprouted, perfectly placed, blue skies broadened overhead with blue ocean waters touching it's horizon, weathered greys whispering stories through wooden boards of buildings past ...

... take me back!!

pic pix: precious findings, Afton & O'Leary, PEI, Canada, May.2010

stand by

Stand-by ... as I sit here at the gate in Austin, crossing my fingers for my coveted seat to get me home, I'm realizing that alot of my time is spent wishing I were elsewhere or at least "moving along".  Much like this drop of rain that awaits it's debuted splash on the ground, my life sometimes feels in a holding position ... either on the verge of some inaugural event or anticipating the completion of a long due project.  "Am I there yet?!" ... seems to be a question that will never get old!

"Do not be anxious about anything; instead, pray about everything.  Tell God what you need, and thank Him for all He has done.  Then you will experience God's peace, which exceeds anything we can understand.  His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus."  Philippians 4:6-7


God is God.  Who else can say, do not worry?  Is there any other that you can thank who has provided for your every need?  Only He can promise peace, and actually give it.


pic pix: rain droplet off of a cedar, Burnet, TX 14.May.10

desert gems

Here are a few details I picked up on my recent trip to Mesa.  I'm so grateful that I could extinguish this busy spell with a much needed time of r&r ... sleeping, reading, sleeping, and eating!  Only a month left of this crazy schedule.  I won't be in and out of town every three weeks and hopefully I'll have made a decision for what my work schedule is going to look like.  Don't think I've ever been so excited to see June!!

pic pix: small definitions, Mesa, AZ 01.May.2010