Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Beautiful Women

When I say "Beautiful Woman", what do you think of? Do you picture a specific physical attribute like hair color or a toothy grin? Do you consider personality or dimeanor? How about attitude?

There are two women (friends) who I'd like to give some award-type recognition tonight. I consider both women to be of great value to me - our friendship a precious gift from God. These two women have inspired me, encouraged me, challenged me - one is even motivating me to exercise regularly so that I can fit into that dress I've gotta wear in Corey and Kira's wedding!

Tonight they brought beauty into my life after a work day filled with some ugliness.

BOTTOM LINE - In my quest to embrace beauty and my desire to take a few minutes of reflection in God's beautiful things, my first observation is right at home.

Brit and Emily - you're both beautiful. Stunning. You have hearts of Gold, and you inspire me to want to be better, to love deeper, to dream larger. Thank you for being a part of my life - it's a God thing, I think. :)

Wednesday, May 5, 2010

Life In the FAST LANE!

Today I was challenged to describe my life in a few sentences, and the phrase 'fast lane' quickly came to mind... Honestly, I can't decide if I'm happy about that or not. On one hand, I'm seeing a lot of stuff get 'done', a lot of progress for my future being made and steps taken, but I'm also seeing a lot of life's scenery just pass me by, with me being too preoccupied or focused to notice.

SO! my challenge right now? FIND BEAUTY. Find ways to make the fast lane work, and determine when it's okay for me to move to another lane for a while. :)

I'll be blogging about life and all the stuff that fills it, and I hope you'll help hold me accountable to finding the beauty, pausing to reflect and take it all in - Can you keep up with me?

Rebecca