Some of you may have wondered why I've dropped the ball on this blog of mine. Others may have not even known I ever had one to begin with. Then, the rest of you are just binge watching netflix and not caring one iota about some random girl who's written a blog! (haha)
Eight years ago I started out on a journey with an idea in mind, walking with out shoes. In other words, instead of of the saying "walk a mile in my (or their) shoes" take the shoes off completly and walk in love. Today, in a world of quaruntine, I wondered if I could even get into my old blog. I dusted off the password and began to re read all my entries. WOW, at the grammar issues is the first thing I thought! However, then I realized how much I'd grown. It's amazing to look back on! I had the unction to fix all my mistakes and even delete some posts as I blushed at what I had written, but the today me felt a little grace for myself. So, I decided to keep everything as it was as a reminder of how much I've grown personally. I also had to allow myself a little grace for falling off the wagon of such a great heartfelt mission. I reminded myself, I didn't actually drop the ball, I just hid it from the blogging community! The eb and flow of life is such a wonderous thing and seeing it in written form was a little overwhelming emotionally. So, I hit the new post button and began to type.
Now, I haven't decided if this is a one time entry until I decide to open it back up a year or two from now, just to be hit with the same wave of emotions, or if I'm picking it back up for good. I feel like maybe this is a take it as it comes thing and we'll see where it goes. That's all I can expect of myself for now. Although, I can't tell you how good it feels to be quiet enough to even have the thought process to be writing a new post!
With this Corona thing going on right now, I can only write about how grateful I am to be who I am and live where I live. I'm hoping that the slowing down of things can be a time to re evaluate our lives and get back on track with loving one another as human beings. It saddens me a little to think that it took something this grandious to slow us down. My hope that is in the future this will serve as a reminder to stop and breathe before we're forced to again!
For now, I think I've written enough to move on to the next task today. I've looked back on my journey and I've made a personal check in on my accountability that my shoes are still "off". I'm still walking in love. I have good and bad days of course, but my heart is still on the mission. I'll leave you with this scripture until next time...
