an uneventful day. a wonderful day.

I had planned to start a new feature on my blog today, which I will continue for the next 14 weeks every Tuesday.
However, that did not happen.
I spent very little time around my laptop ... which was kind of refreshing in a way.

My day was spent sleeping in, reading, getting a phone call from the hospital (the job position is still up in the air until the end of the week : / ), grabbing lunch with mom, heading to the old bookstore, singing and dancing to glee, picking up the girls from school, making a sonic run, and watching a movie.
It was pritty wonderful.

Oh, and two other great things happened.
Last night I got to watch "We Bought a Zoo" and it was absolutely fantastic.
It made me laugh, cry, and seek for a little more courage.
(+ I may have formed a slight crush on Matt Damon...)
AND... i found out that Jordan's aunt got me some scarves!!!
**might have done a happy dance after receiving that news. ;)

Now, everyone is asleep.
I am curled up in bed with a blanket, sweatshirt, and my jammies.
I have a peace of mind to just reflect on life in these moments.
When it is silent, it feels as though the world has slowed down a bit ... even if for a few minutes.
That is when I feel God speaking to me the most.
There is something special about that.

So, my hope is that you found the goodness in today.
Whether it was in a big or small way, and even the little things in between.
If not, then tomorrow is a new day. :)

much love,
colie

ps. i will start the new feature next tuesday.
i hope you stop by and check it out. :)

my one word.

let's all try to live by this motto. <3

we live a world that wants everything & we want it RIGHT NOW.

for me, it is hard to imagine that anything existed before this way of life.

we are not very patient people. 

our lives have become consumed around how life, in some way, owes us.

we tend to think, sometimes not purposely, that we need to get exactly what we want at the very moment we ask for it.

*i get easily annoyed if my internet connection is slow (or heaven forbid i go a full day without it!)

*if someone isn’t going “fast enough” in traffic

*if i don’t get my food the way i want it (i’m a picky eater)

*if my iphone isn’t doing what i want it to do

*if i don’t receive an immediate answer to something i feel is oh-so-important

*if someone doesn't do what i need them to do for me, especially if i have asked them several times

i tend to get annoyed or complain when things are not going the way i feel they should go.

& sadly, this isn’t just me.  

we live in a world that is focused on “me, me, me”.

then we lose sight of what is really important.

for that reason, i am doing away with my “new years resolution”. 

because if i want to be honest here, i never do any of them. : /

so, instead i am focusing on one word. 

one word to sum up what i want to change about myself and my life for the coming year. 

that word is GRATEFUL.

(**The definition of grateful is warmly or deeply appreciative of kindness or benefits received; thankful; expressing by gratitude; or pleasing to the mind.)

i think it is easy for me to complain about so much that i don’t have and yet 

… what would life be like if i never had any of these things to begin with?

would i still have so much to complain about?

to feel like life just isn’t being fair to me?

i spend so much time rushing through life that i forget to just live.

to take the time:

to breathe.

to love.

to be grateful.

i hope to change that in 2012.

so, now….what is your one word?

oh, and remember to --- >

much love, colie.

(ps. this 'one word' idea came to me by reading this lovely post. enjoy!)