ah...sunshine...it is so close...

There is a great depth to you

A place well beyond my sight you dwell

Dreams, fears, pain, and hope

All unknown to me

Yet I look upon you with assumption

And act by that which I know

Is not the mountain blue to the eye from a distance,

Yet many shades of green in dwelling?

Forgive me for not breathing in all your colors

We need people! 

I have spent the second half of this year working at interesting hours.  Hours that encourage anti-social behavior.  This is not a good thing when you already have some proficiency at being anti-social.  However, after many nights of extended quiet time, I found myself tapping into sites like xanga to read up on the happinings others.  Although there are benefits to networking, the truth is there is no subsitute for daily, physical, meaningful, honest, challenging, fun, exhausting, rejuvinating, and engaging relationships.  period.  We were not created to be alone.  Its encouraging that God works in us so we can not only have an incredible relationship with Him, but also have the love to enjoy and be blessed by the people we share time and space with.   

Hi to all two of you that read my blog...:)  I know that it is difficult to read, I am like Dickens...lots of words...really, its hard to shut me up.  It could be worse, I could write like Dostoyovski...lots of words...long words...Russian words...

Just kidding, I was avoiding writing a paper by browsing through everyone's blogs, and decided maybe I could postpone it even longer by writing my own! (I am quite the overachiever)

So I have been thinking lately (especially when I have papers due) about how much I am looking forward to graduating and moving on to something different.  But then I catch myself...because really, spending all of my energy on what may happen tomorrow is a waste.  Instead, investing in what I must face today will produce the character I need when tomorrow comes.  Thank God life is a process of respiration...not one deep breathe.

ok, on to that paper...