Summer is a time of rest and relaxing. After all the craziness that makes up the school year, it's a time to kick back, enjoy some sweet tea and coffee, and hang out with friends (whilst drinking said sweet tea and coffee).
But not this summer, not for me. Ok, maybe some... I'm only human for goodness sake.
I was driving to work yesterday thinking about how sometimes I start summer off with this really great list of things I want to do by the end of summer, but yet by the end of summer very few of them ever seem to get done. This bothers me, I'm one of those people who will put something I just did on my to-do list just because then I get to scratch it off (you do it too, don't judge). So why does this happen then? Because during the summer, "There's always tomorrow." Until there's not. (I know, some of you are wondering how long it took me to figure that out. ha. only 20 years.)
So what am I gonna do about this???
Enter "Project Awesome Summer"
A lame title I know, but nothing better came to mind... Sometimes my creative juices run not so deep.
Eleanor Roosevelt (I think) said, "Do something every day that scares you." And I happen to think that's fabulous! Something every single day that scares me! Imagine the things I would get done. Imagine not having regrets at the end of the summer about the list (grr the list! (See? regret from last summer's list still lingers...)). So that's really all there is to Project Awesome Summer. I'm making a list (you're sensing a theme here, aren't you?), because I just really like lists (moreso, I like crossing things off of lists that I've made).
(I'm starting to think I use parenthetical statements too much (thats just how my mind works though (if it bothers you, just ignore them (they're just my side comments (can you put five parenthesis inside each other? (welcome to my brain)))))
"So where's the list?" you may ask. "And what on earth are you gonna do? Crazy stuff?"
Good questions. Answers: The list is right here (it's not finished yet, and if you have more ideas please let me know), and I don't think they're too crazy, but you can decide for yourself.
-Buy someone (less scary version: a friend. more scary version: a stranger) a tank of gas
-Run a race (I'm still looking for one, and I need someone to run with me. But I'd like it to be a 10k or half marathon. Any takers?)
-Visit people in the hospital or nursing home (I'm aware this shouldn't be scary, but I think it is. Your list can be different, so hush.)
-Donate 50% of my books to Goodwill. (if you know me at all, you know this one is gonna be way hard.)
-Ask how I can pray for my server
-Tip my server an insane amount, like 200-300% (Not so much scary, as painful)
-Stay up all night praying for others
-Plant a garden (I killed a cactus (see previous post), plants and I have a bad relationship that I need to mend)
-Fast (I like food. a lot.)
-Pray with a stranger
(there will be more soon, I just need to think more about it)
I want to do things that make the world a little more awesome and shine the light of the gospel. God tells us in his Word to not fear because he is with us 365 times, so just like Eleanor, God says to do things that require us to trust in him daily. A lot of prayer will be going into this project, and I'm thinking that God will open doors for other "scary" things that I can jump out in faith and do for him.
So it's gonna be a crazy summer, crazy awesome.
I'll be updating you with my adventures here so please keep checking in if you're interested to see how this goes =) Thanks for reading!
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-take a trip to Houston
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