Trading Day

Beep beep.

So while I'm throwing away the dream list [even as I write that I kind of bite my lip in nervousness], I'm definitely trying to add a "be" list in my life.

Most of what was on my bucket list required more money than I have, a lot of planning, training, and some coincidental good fate maybe (ie. shaking a paw with a tiger).  The "be" list (which, ya, you can call a bucket list if you want!) is ever-changing.  It's comprised of things that I can do right now with the amount of money in my bank account and the resources I have here, in Smallsville.

So, this is more about what I can do to become more like that crazy woman that Proverbs 31 talks about.  It's about challenging myself and making the most of more moments.

This month's B-list:

1.  Visit with Phyllis, a recent widow who attends my church.
2.  Write some love letters to some people in my life (many of whom I take for granted).
3.  Clean my car. Outside (yaaaay! I actually take a small amount of pleasure in going to the car wash) and inside (mm.. less enthused).
4.  Go through the closet and the dressers in my bedroom (ya, they're still full!) and get rid of a bunch of stuff that I do not need.
5.  Make dinner twice a week for my family (this is hard because I work evenings!).  Please attempt homemade pizza.

Simple and do-able, but challenging in their own respects.  And hopefully character building.  So goodbye dreams, hello real life right here and now. And I encourage you to make a list for this month of things that maybe have been tugging on your heart.  Don't stress about it!  That's sooooo not the point of this.  It's to do little things to press towards the ultimate goal of live a life full.  Being Jesus every day not just while you're fundraising to go to Africa to volunteer at an orphanage for 2 months.  Although, that's also awesome.... But NO! I will not dream about how exciting and rewarding that might be!!!