It’s funny. We get in a hurry to create opportunities to enjoy life. We think about what will make us happy and how we will get there. In the not-so-quiet minutes of this picture, I realized that I move quickest towards pure joy when I am sitting still.
As I sat on the couch, I could hear the laundry drying and an episode of Big Bang playing on the TV. I watched as the kids navigated through their soup to eat all of the tortellini without disturbing the green beans. Steve was back and forth from the shed to the dining room table as he collected his fishing gear for our weekend trip, leaving wet leaves in front of the crackling fire as he went. My leggings and tennis shoes allowed me to physically relax, and leaving my phone in my room let me detach. I listened and laughed as a friend reminded me that I’m not the only one who experiences chaos in the mundane moments of life. I didn’t care about the soup drippings or bread crumbs on the table, the leaves I needed to pick up, the bait on the dining room table, or the clothes I would soon fold. I felt free to take in God’s gifts of simple joys and true love with my people in those moments.
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