Thought Provoking Thursdays - 7/28

1. What makes you smile?

     Right this minute it would be something like:  Seeing Melissa's baby belly and having a million ideas for her shower, swim days with Amber, YouTube videos, and Designing Women reruns.

2. What do you want most?

     I want to find a godly man to share my life with.

3. What three questions do you wish you knew the answers to?

• Why is it so difficult to eat healthy and exercise when I know it is good for me?
• How do I live in a society where Snooki makes $100,000 an episode and I don't make that in a year?
• Why has God taken so many wonderful people in my life home and left the crazy ones?

Thought Provoking Thursdays - 7/21

1. What do you love?
    
    Today, I love:

•  flip flops
• good jeans
• a song that perfectly suits my mood
• TV on DVD
• chocolate
• homemade ice cream
• Squirt soda over Sonic Ice
• The Swamp Tigers
• the wine trail
• laughing with my friends
• blogging
• singing praise and worship     

2. What makes you uncomfortable?

      This could be a long list too--it all depends on the day.  People who let their children run wild in places, like the dad who let his kid run back and forth across the bleachers at top speed during the LPN pinning last night.  People who feel the need to share all the details of their life when you just meet them.   People who use pet names for one another.  People who claim to have the love of Jesus in their hearts, but are mean, petty, and just plain awful out in the world.  (Okay, this is turning into a list of things that make me angry, so moving on...)

Lately, my size is making me uncomfortable, so I'm going to have to get serious and do something about it.  At least that's a problem I can do something about.

 

3. What do you think about when you lie awake in bed?

     Sometimes, it's how much I love Gilmore Girls (I have to have the TV on to go to sleep).  Other times, it's how I really need to go to sleep or some other worry, especially when school is in session.  I used to have panic attacks in high school when I was awake in the middle of the night because I would stress about things.  Now, I try to use it as an opportunity to pray, especially if I am awak in the middle of the night and something big is going on. 

Thought Provoking Thursdays - 7/14

It's time for more deep thoughts from a shallow mind!  If you want to join us, answer these questions on your own blog, then hope over to Sheena's and link up!

1. Who is the strongest person you know?

 

     I am blessed to know many strong women.  One of the first that comes to mind is Marla, a lady from Bible study.  She's overcome unimaginable obstacles with faith that just takes my breath.  She's such an inspiration to all of us.

 

2. What are you uncertain about?

     I'm uncertain about where I'm heading next.  I feel like I have the right now in check, but in pretty much every area of my life, I have no clue about how I'd even want the next phase to play out.  I'm trying to just believe that God has it in control and He doesn't really need my help.  But, there are days that's easier said than done.

 

3. What has life taught you in the last week?

     Life has taught me that I am not a fan of photo editting, that I need to spend a little less time on YouTube, and that Swamp People not only provides entertainment but valuable life lessons.

Thought Provoking Thursdays - 7/7/11

1. Do you think crying is a sign of weakness of strength?
   
    I'm not really a public crier.  If I'm crying and you see me, I'm either really sad or really angry.  But, I get that's not really the question.  If I were to be completely honest, I think that it's more commonly considered a sign of weakness.  How many times were we told to stop crying or our parents would give us something to cry about.  I think that as a woman, crying can sometimes get you what you want, but it usually just makes people think that you can't handle your emotions.  (Please don't throw things, it's just this non-crier's opinion.  If you are a crier, I think you should embrace that about yourself.)
     

2. What sustains you on a daily basis?

     Hope sustains me.  I hope that things will work out for the people I love, and for myself.  I don't know how people survive if they don't have that hope in something more.  And for me, that will always be anchored in Jesus Christ.


3. What do you do to relieve stress?

      It depends on what the stress is.  Sometimes I eat.  Sometimes I go out with my girls.  I might scream or snap.  I will make list upon list upon list.  I shop for things that I don't really need.  I'm not saying all of these things are healthy, so you may not want to try this at home...

Thought Provoking Thursdays with Sheena

So, Sheena's thrown down the gauntlet with her new Thought Provoking Thursdays.  I have two (sort-of)  problems with this: 
1) I give my brain a break during June, but seeing as it's almost July (How did that happen?), I should probably get back into practice.
2) I'm not a philosophical person.  I don't sit around and contemplate the universe or think about thinking or any of that, so I'm not entirely sure that my answers will be worth reading.  But, she's my friend, and when a friend comes up with something on her blog, you participate. 

So, here goes nothing!

1. What is the difference between living and existing?     

Existing is easy.  You wake up, you go about your day, you come home and go to sleep.  It requires very little thought or participation.  Living is hard.  It's messy.  It requires heart and faith, and at the end of the day, you may feel beaten and bruised.  But I've done both, and I will take living any day of the week.   


2. What small act of kindness were you once shown that you will never forget?        

This is a hard question, but it probably shouldn't be.  I love acts of kindness.  I don't know that I could pick just one, so here's a recent one.  The co-sponsor that I went on the Beta trip with surprised me by paying for my pedicure.  Now here's the funny part, I actually forgot about the pedi that I was supposed to get last Friday because Dad and I were busy working outside, so when she called to see if I had enjoyed it, she ended up having to spoil her own surprise.  But it's all fine because I rescheduled for this Friday!  And I love that she thought of doing something like that, even though I was just doing my job.  It made me really feel appreciated!


3. Do you see to believe or believe to see?     

I believe to see.  I don't think there's a harder concept to grasp than faith, because it is believing in the things you can't see.  But I do.  Were I being completely honest, I would say that it's much easier to believe in a time of crisis because then you want something to cling to.  I have a much harder time believing what I can't see in the day to day.  (Does that make any sense at all?)


 Anyway, hop over and join us!  Give your brain a workout...