This has been a crazy week. Usually my weeks are all about the weekend...I can't wait until the weekend and each day I think "I am one day closer...". I love my job, don't get me wrong, but there is just something about the freedom of a weekend. This week I had a different mindset. On Tuesday morning during chapel (I get the opportunity to go to chapel about once a week- so great) our President announced that an alumus (who's sister is a current student) had been killed the night before. Many of you have probably heard the story in the news- if not watch this video: http://www.katu.com/news/28491769.html?video=YHI&t=a After chapel I came back to my office and looked him up and sure enough I remembered him and his wife have some mutual friends though I am not personally friends with them. Also affecting a co-worker of mine is this story: http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?subjectID=11&articleID=20080910_11_A1_Doniva640424. Her cousins were the victims of a brutal shooting. They are good kids leaving church to have lunch with their family. They were followed by a car armed with AK-47's. 4 of the 5 guys were shot- one died, one is paralyzed and they all have injuries. (Good news is they have caught some of the suspects). Anyway, these 2 stories going around campus the past couple weeks have made me think about LIFE.
I am so "future focused" that I have always had a hard time appreciating each day. I look forward to the weekends, wonder what the future holds, make plans, etc. I am learning this week to live each day as if it's your last. It's a sobering thought but inspiring as well. I want each day to count in eternity. So how do we go about changing our mindset without becoming irresponsible, living in the moment people? I don't have all the answers but I am trying to make steps towards this...not wasting so much time- instead investing in people, my relationship with Christ, living a healthy and balanced life...at work treating it as a mission field- yes I work with Christians but there are still a lot of opportunities to encourage, support, exhort and help people...What would this mean for you?
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What good words, Amy... I've also been challenged not to live life only for the weekends lately. It seems so fundamental to just enjoy each day - but sometimes we forget. It's just too bad that it is often tragedies that have to remind us not to take each day for granted. I am encouraged by your words... thanks for writing them!
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