I need a new vocabulary. ...exciting.

I had a dream last night that I had an actual baby.  Literal baby steps. Gaaah.  Freakish.  But it's hard to explain how much of an attachment I have to this little baby girl who doesn't exist except for in my subconscious.  However brief, I loved her.  It was kind of twisted though.  I kept her in the trunk of my car for awhile, which makes me sick but otherwise I carried her on my chest in some kind of wrap.  I took her to Applebee's or some simliar chain restaurant.  And she could talk.  She was a genius.  My baby's a genius! 

But while I appreciated that dream on some "getting in touch with my ovaries" level, here is what the highlight of my day has been thus far.  It's today's devotion from the book Jesus Calling.  The idea of life as an adventure, even in the mundane.  Even when you don't have a crazy newborn talking baby that you lovingly carry in the trunk of your car, life is still exciting.

Try to view each day as an adventure, carefully planned out by your Guide.  Instead of staring into the day that is ahead of you, attempting to program it to your will, be attentive to Me and to all I have prepared for you.  Thank Me for this day of life, recognizing that it is a precious, unrepeatable gift.  Trust that I am with you each moment, whether you sense My Presence or not.  A thankful, trusting attitude helps you to see events in your life from My perspective. 

A life lived close to Me will never be dull or predictable.  Expect each day to contain surprises!  Resist your tendency to search for the easiest route through the day.  Be willing to follow wherever I lead.  No matter how steep or treacherous the path before you, the safest place to be is by My side.

Amen.  Followed by a mixed greens salad with apple cider dressing and chopped walnuts which tasted... more exciting than I thought it might.  And when I went to turn on the tv I said to myself, "No.. tv isn't exciting.  Your life is exciting."  And so I went to the computer instead.  Small victories, people.  B-b-b-b-baby steps.

So here's to your exciting life, whatever it might contain!  Salads, tv, baby childs, and all the rest, I hope you see it as an adventure!