so live your life...

Today was a perfect day for a run at Latta and some celebratory dollar tacos from Q'doba with a few of my favorite girls.  Delish!

live the life you live

After helping SJ parallel park her car, I decided that a photo of her owl and the girls in the background would be a good way to commemorate the fun day.  I snapped the shot and posted it to instagram.  Only after posting did I realize that I had misquoted the owl in the picture, writing instead, " Live the life you live."

At first I was frustrated that I misquoted, but then the accidental quote began to work itself into my heart.  Maybe a life well lived isn't always the way I have planned or dreamed or thought (the life I love).  Perhaps it is instead the life God has already given (the life I live).  Maybe a life well lived is found in fully and faithfully living in the circumstances and provisions He brings for the day  Maybe I need to love the life I live instead of constantly trying to live the life I think I love....

Wherever you are be all there. - Some wise person

I often use this quote to chide my friends when they incessantly check their cell phones.  But how often am I truly present?  How often do I experience the fullness of what is right in front of me instead of wishing for something different or something better?

Thanks is what multiplies joy and makes any life large. -1000 Gifts, Ann Voskamp

All we have to do is decide what to do with the time that is given us. - Lord of the Rings, JRR Tolkien

Maybe a life fully and faithfully lived is truly present in each moment and thankful for what God has already given.  So today I am thankful for the life I live that includes...
- dollar tacos
- parallel parking
- unusually warm winter days
- guacamole
- well seasoned chips
- reminiscing
- trail runs
- big hills
- tall socks
- splashing in mud puddles
- accidental quotes
- fun photos
- unexpected phone calls
- laughter
- tears
- notes lovingly written
- notes lovingly received