Insanity

“The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” – Albert Einstein

I have known this quote for years, but the other day it popped into my head for some reason and has been stuck there ever since. Like most people I suppose, there are many things about my life that I would like to be different. But I have been thinking about how little I actually do to change them. I really do embody this quote, doing the same things over and over again, day after day, hoping that one day things will change. How dumb is that?

The Bible shares a similar thought in Romans 12, “Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.”

I don’t know about you, but my life does not often look like the language in the last part of that verse, “transformed… renewing… good… pleasing… perfect” Don’t hear me wrong – I am not complaining. I am very blessed and my life is good. But deep in my being I know that there is something more. But I will not experience it by following the same patterns over and over again. So recently I have been praying very specifically that God would transform my thinking. That he would show me the areas of my life that need to change and give me the strength to change them. I am excited to see what is around the corner…

Come Sail Away

Last night I posted this quote, but with no explanation. Here it is again, along with the some of the thoughts behind me posting it.

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did so. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” – Mark Twain

This quote embodies many things that I have been thinking about recently; regrets and unfulfilled desires, and how I let them discourage me and dictate the course of my life. I do not think that is what God intends for me or any of us. (as evidenced by His desire for us to have “abundant” life)

So right now I am beginning to explore and dream…. I will let you know what I discover…..

Growing Up

“To grow up is to find the small part you are playing in this extraordinary drama written by somebody else.” ~ Madeleine L’Engle

I like this quote. (thanks to my friend Tracy for putting me onto it) It captures the essence of what this blog is all about. (see this) However, apparently I am not very “grown up!”

Happy New Year!

“More than anything else, being a college football fan is about learning to lose.”

I doubt that I got the quote exactly right, but that is a thought from the book Rammer Jammer Yellow Hammer by Warren St. John. And how true it is. Good book – a must read for any true college football fan! (yes, you)

Putting the 3rd coat of poly on my floors today. I am sure I have already lost lots of brain cells from the fumes the past few days. I need to finish soon, cause I dont have many to spare….

Quote

Saw this quote at the top of AJ’s blog. Very cool.

“Light cannot be proven scientifically, and yet we all believe in light and by light see all things.”

Wait a minute…..let it sink in……aah…..