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contemplations

this week, i've had a lot of thoughts about different things and i'm not sure that i'll be able to articulate them well, so bear with me.

*i love my friends. i didn't realize how much i missed them until we all hung out last night. they are an amazing group of people and i'm so blessed :) it was good to spend time with them and catch up on life.

*technology is definitely wonderful. we can communicate with people who are far away and keep in touch with friends who don't live near us or who we haven't seen in a long time. however, i don't think that these forms of technology (phones, email, facebook, etc.) will ever replace real fellowship and face to face communication with friends and family. we were created to live life together, and while technology certainly helps us do so, it's so much more fulfilling and real when we're able to be with each other.

*speaking of being in contact with friends, have you ever had things you wanted to share with your friends (good or bad), but you couldn't figure out how to share it or whether your friends would understand? that's something i've struggled a little with this week and i'm not really sure why, but there you have it.

*life is fragile. we have been given the gift of life (physically and spiritually) and we don't get more than one of them. take care of yourself. love the people in your life fully and recklessly. take chances and live a life of adventure. be real -- with yourself and your friends. tell people you love them and never take them for granted. don't measure yourself based on what other people may think, say or do because when it's all said and done, they don't matter as much as what God says and He thinks you are amazing. special. lovely. let Him tell you who you are and no one else.

*i'm a weirdly emotional girl.

i hope i made sense.
lots of love and great big hugs, my friends.....

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