Is life what you make it...

...or what God gives you? I've often lamented about having a boring life or no life at all. We fight for the "Right to Life" but what do we do with the life we were given? A frequently used adage is "God helps those who help themselves" and in some areas that is true and in others there is no help at all but that that comes from GOD!

Anyway today I want to share my bogus thoughts about life. Is life more than breathing and having a heartbeat? Does there have to be brain activity to have life? (If so I've been dead a lot of times!) Do all parts of a body have to be functioning for life or just enough to say you're breathing? I know some wonderful people who have hardly any mobility functions but just a smile from them can improve my day and change my attitude. I call that life!

I know that when I say I don't have a life I'm thinking more along the social and exciting aspects that make life look more enjoyable. God is reminding me though that life is a precious gift he has given to all of us and to dismiss it just because I don't have friends that I hang out with every weekend, or have an adventurous spirit that always tries something new is not right. I thank God for the life I have and it is my hope that how I live this life is pleasing to him and not just fun.

The Blahhhs....

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A great vacation...

...leads to more wishes. I wish vacations were longer. I wish Hazel & Darren lived closer. I wish work would stand still while I'm gone so that I don't have to play catch-up. I wish I was adventurous and did something unforgettable on my vacation. I wish I knew what was happening at home even when I'm not at home. I wish I didn't cry at my audio books, it make driving dangerous. I wish there was an expressway from Ionia to Lakeview. I wish I had another vacation!

When you OD on...

...vacations. Okay here is my pondering thoughts. I have gone 3 years now without using all my vacation time in the year that I was suppose to use it. I came the closest last year with multiple long weekends and days off in the last 3 months of the fiscal year. Now I'm getting ready to take my first vacation of the new year (began in July) and I can't wait to go. I've probably had more time of in the last 6 months than any other 6 month period of my employment yet I still can't wait to get out of here and forget about work. Is this a sign? Am I getting burned out? Do I hate my job? Am I falling in love with vacation? I don't know but come 1:00 tomorrow I'm going to be on the road heading to Union City!!!!