grace flows down

I checked exactly what I wrote last year to see where I was at, on this particular day in 2006. the funny thing is, I had quoted starfield's "shipwreck", and it is also currently playing on my itunes. today is a strange day for me, in more ways than one, partially because I feel like I'm beginning a new chapter in my summer. for the last while, everything had been playing second fiddle to the studying, and now I have to "reformat"...which feels altogether funny.

a few friends and I had a nice lunch over the weekend, and we also had the chance to sit down by the steveston pier (very dawson's creek like...I really had Paula Cole's "I don't wanna wait" stuck in my head because of the location) to talk about where we are in our lives and whether we are content. I've been discovering that I'm really at my most joyful when I'm not thinking about things that involve me (whether on the school front, career front, or other responsibilities). When my primary concern becomes "not me", I find a freedom that I've really never experienced before.

this "freedom" has lead me to think about blessings. A blessing is in one way, our acknowledgment of a gift being God-given. Often, when I don't reflect about what's been happening in my life, I don't recognize the seeds that God is planting everywhere around me...even though they are so abundant. And God has been doing so much in the past year...so much has happened, and there is so much to come! I'm so happy to be involved in my community, to be learning, and to be surrounded by all these new and amazing people who represent who Christ is in a 21st century kinda way.

there is so much to be thankful for.