teach.run.pray.

There are only a few more days left in 2016. I'm sitting in our recliner, in a very quiet house (minus the snoring dogs next to me), feeling guilty for not being "productive." I keep thinking, "I should be taking down the Christmas tree. I should be unloading the dishwasher. I should be completing the online classes I've signed up for. I should be reading. I should be finishing a crochet project I started. I should be..."  Instead, I'm sitting and contemplating and reflecting, and I'm equating those actions to laziness. Why am I doing this to myself? Why am I calling myself lazy for contemplating my life and reflecting on the things that make my life full and happy? My goodness, if more of us did this, maybe we wouldn't be living in a shallow, self-absorbed, consumer driven, immediacy addicted world. What can I do to make myself less shallow, less self-absorbed, less consumer driven, less addicted to all the immediacies of the world? As I

"We have three types of friends in life: friends for a reason, friends for a season, and friends for a lifetime." The above quote has been a weight on my mind lately. I've thought about it many, many times before, but for some reason, this time it's lingering. It's yanking at my heart. Maybe, it's the time of year - I'm always very emotional during the holiday season. Maybe, it's recent events. Maybe, it's because I'm a very sensitive sentimental individual. Or, maybe, it's because I'm a deep thinker and worrier. Or, it could be a nostalgia for the past. I'm not sure the reason, but it's lingering like a saturated cloud of sadness. This quote resonates. If I were to  make a three column list, I could classify each and every friend I've had and have into one of these categories. The category creating the saturated cloud of sadness is friends for a season . Seasons come and go - which means this category represents friends