Thoughts with Zoe

 

October 10, 2018

Partial Life or Complete Life

Even in a small community, and maybe because I live in a small community, I often live in a bubble of my own world. My life is busy, doing and going, and I quickly don't seem to have time to continue my own development. I've left behind the dreams of my youth, I don't even stay connected friends I've had for a long time, and I seldom make time to venture out of my own comfort zone.

This last week, I became more intensely aware of the longings of a friend. I realized in that brief moment what is important and what isn't. Doing for the sake of doing and not learning to say no to busyness has left me with little time to do what is important!

That same night I sat with an acquaintance for a only a short 15 minutes and after that brief visit I discovered she also finds the prairie healing and beautiful. I discovered another soul sister, I never knew existed in Big Sandy. I never took the time to get to know her. I was renewed. It strengthened my resolve to develop new relationships and renew old ones.

I took a creative writing class and I felt like a high school student again, but rediscovered a deeper purpose for writing. I was challenged, and although I broke the rules while writing it was invigorating. I discovered exploring new opportunities can become a passion. Diving into the unknown can be rewarding, although there is fear, there is growth. Doing something totally outside my comfort zone stretches my imagination and allows me to see the entire community not with former preconceived notions of who we are, but with new eyes I see who we are with all our uniqueness.

Here's to seeing deeply within, and to eyes open enough to see the whole community for what it really is!

 
 

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