Hello from Dallas!
It is official. I am here!! My new adventure as a yuppie
(young professional) has been under way! I have been all settled in jumping
into the next phase of my life. It seems funny how it can all change so fast. Or
in a day really. Or how all of a sudden, I can no longer look at a computer
screen at night because I am at my laptop for most of the day at work. Part of
the reason this post has taken so long is
because I need to be active and do other activities once I leave! But
thanks to my first weekend since end of May not having to travel I am able to
get back to you across the table :)
While driving all around the city I am lucky enough to come back to my apartment and see this view from my balcony!!!
I love the tree lined
streets and sidewalks. Walks at night are the BEST. Especially during the summer
right after dinner until the sun goes down. Something about those gorgeous
Texas skies. Feels like home no matter what my Texas address is.
A good realization I have been reminded of is how important
it is to be truly present in each moment. Some parts of the work day it is easy
to look at the clock and wish for time to go a little faster and other times
the day just flies by it is unreal it could be over already. Too many times I
have found myself throughout my life, not just right now, looking ahead and
being too future oriented. When we are too focused on anything besides the
present, we miss the grace God is sending us right now. He just wants us to be
present in every situation we find ourselves in whether it is super joyful or a
more challenging time.
I actually opened up to a prayer that went just along the
path of what these last few weeks have been that struck a chord and I hope it
does for you too:
“Let me see Your presence in the everyday events of my life,Lord.
May I recognize that these small things are really miracles of Your love”
What a great reminder for us all that every moment God is
trying to send us little glimpses of His love. If we are too busy or not paying
attention enough, we lose the opportunity to be in communion with what He wants
to send us day after day and minute after minute. I was also reminded of these
little loves this past weekend in San Antonio for Laura and Harry’s wedding.
During the time we were all together celebrating the sacrament of marriage, all
I could feel was a sense of belonging and home. The gift of friendship has been
present in this transition and what a gift it was to "stop time" while celebrating in that moment with some of the people who have made my college years
so special. Cheers to you all(and you others)!!
Whether you are on a new journey, ending an old one, or in the middle of one My prayer is for you to
be truly present today and every day forward. Look into the gifts of what God is sending you right this second!!
Thanks for sitting across the bistro table from me,
Elizabeth
“Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything Beautiful, for
Beauty is God’s Handwriting” –Ralph Waldo Emerson
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