Tonight we went back to beauty bar, my favorite place in the world as of now. This place is filled with people dancing alone...the kind of dancing one might do in the mirror in their room while blasting their stereo... you know the kind. No one cares. And I am a firm believer that this is good for the soul.
The "welcomeness" of austin leads me to fall inlove with this city. I cannot get over how much everyone wants to be your friend, wants to know something, anything, about you... regardless of how different or how alike you are. Even the guy at Amy's Icecream loved us. The gas station clerk wanted us to take his picture. I see more of how the Lord intended us to live in thus city, known as being a lost city, than in the bible belt od the U S of A. But we're bringin' it back. We have to. We have tasted and we have seen.
Saturday, January 5, 2008
Thursday, January 3, 2008
Austin, what's not to love?
There is something about dancing alone that reminds me of the freedom we are intended to experience. Something about laughing while running in the freezing cold that reminds me of the joy that is meant to be ours. We are made for so much more. I want to love with every ounce of my being. All people. Myself. Every moment. Every car ride. Each conversation. I want to love, truly love, all of it. I allow for things to pass me by before I realize how much better it would have been, should have been if only I had been LOVING. I want to love everything life has to offer me, and I have hope, yes hope, that joy comes from that. My new years resolution: to experience heaven on earth. Through love, the freedom that comes with it, and the joy it brings.
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