note to self: go outside
"I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived." — Henry David Thoreau credit My phone died recently. Not like died because of its charge — permanently died. I'm not the only one whom this has happened to, I'm sure, and this isn't a complaint. Rather, it's an observation on how different the landscape of my life has been without it. I've been reading more, watching more TV, doing less doomscrolling. I found that I've missed my phone a lot less and simultaneously a lot more than I expected. And I've been noticing a difference in my mental state. My mental health is, apparently, linked in part to the device I hold in my hand 99% of the time. Who knew? However, it's still been challenging lately, for more reasons than just my phone, and my sister invited me to go outside with her. Th
That was such an encouraging post! Thank-you for it, Sky! :)
ReplyDeleteBtw, I love your new blog template. It's so crisp and elegant!
--Bella
Profound. I have read about three posts like this this week and I appreciate all of them!
ReplyDeleteIf you haven't, you should read "Heaven is For Real" by Todd Burpo - especially chapter 19: Jesus REALLY loves the children. Colton keeps saying, "Daddy, Jesus said to tell you he REALLY loves the children."
Isn't that beautiful? Thank you for posting about.
Hi Sky,
ReplyDeleteI like to think of Gods daily blessings as little packages of joy, I read recently on another girls blog how she loves to go through the day trying to find the little packages of joy that He leaves around for us.
Blessings,
Meggie
*sunny with a high of 75*
ReplyDeleteor 56...but I get ya. ;)
I know I find it hard to find the good things in a bad day....but God never fails to remind me how great/wonderful/caring He is.
<3