splendor {past the limitations.}

i’m starting to get this sinking feeling that i’m wasting my life.

i’m constantly in this state of discontent.

as though i’m accomplishing nothing.

amongst the mess of my pity party,

i have forgotten how fortunate i am.

yet, i still struggle.

therefore today, i started “the happiness project.”

i know the book may not be from a christian point of view,

but that doesn’t make it wrong.

although, in the end i may come to find that the author + i will have some different opinions on what will truly make one happy.

but that’s what the book is all about.

in the end, you create your own happiness project.

everyone’s will vary.

however, all may learn to be grateful for an ordinary day.

which is exactly what i’m going to attempt to do.

sarahjobell

to the glory {of the One who made you.}

this morning i was thinking about how frustrated + disappointed i’ve been over decisions made by people i care about.

& how rough my job feels when I’m dragging myself out of bed at 5 am, wondering if it will be a good or bad day at work.

& struggling to understand why a kind-hearted, Christian man just got diagnosed with terminal cancer.

so i listened to some new, uplifting steven curtis chapman music, then drove to quiktrip.

there, a man in front of me in line bought my drink, two packages of gum, & gummie worms.  i told him, “thank you so much, but you didn’t have to do that.” he said, “that’s the gorgeous thing. that i didn’t HAVE to do it.” even if i hadn’t been the one receiving this gift, i think i still would have been moved just by witnessing this + hearing these words.

i realized {while on the verge of tears} that God is in the small stuff. & i think He knew i needed to see Him work in my life today.

& although that man may never know how thankful i am for his generosity, i am sure glad i serve a God that makes Himself so apparent in the world around me.

it is hands down, the most incredible thing.

this is my evidence,

sarahjobell

roughin' it.

drove. pitched a tent. ran in the crisp morning. black coffee + baked beans for breakfast. canoed all day. burnt shoulders. camped out. drove some more. lake time. water skiing. tubing with my momma. cliff jumping. water up my nose. twice. more burnt skin.

& totally worth the crazy looking sun rash i had last night.

oh how i love summer weekend-ing,

sarahjobell

to keep the world spinning.

“now some point the finger + let ignorance linger

if they’d look in the mirror they’d find,

that ever since the beginning to keep the world spinning

it takes all kinds of kinds.”

My kind is::

watching disney channel movies. never completely devoted to a workout routine. still consuming gushers fruit snacks + applesauce out of the pouch.  cooing at kittens.  willing to go cross-country for a concert. lover of pretty pastel dresses.

& you know, i’m ok with that,

sarahjobell

{a list of} thinkings.

relive the magic.

dear little girl,

you’re in your twenties. or close to it. Or maybe long past it. but that doesn’t mean you HAVE to be a grown up. nothing is wrong with watching disney movies + listening to boy bands. & whose to judge you for blowing bubbles & continually chowing down on dunkaroos//lunchables//poptarts? age should never hold you back from the puddle that is just begging you to jump in it, from the tree that would have a great view from the top if you climbed it. & being 30 or 40 doesn’t mean you can no longer ride the carousel or wear a sparkly dress.

so believe in fairytales.

make a wish.

dream impossible things.

because innocence + purity are so very beautiful.

& that’s what makes you absolutely lovely.

sarahjobell

{yeah} i'm that girl.

i love to help things grow.

bud + sprout.

bloom + flourish.

unfold into new life.

{& i secretly wish for my own greenhouse someday.}

 yeah, i’m that girl.

spring {in every shape + size}

spring brings renewal in many forms::

the breeze blowing through my window,

igniting my imagination.

& the hope//preparation for summer adventures.

sipping on cold starbucks drinks once again,

while continually reminding myself that i need to maintain my florida tan.

planting flowers//herbs//veggies in every.single.pot in own.

{the patio is looking rather lush…

& it makes me giddy.}

 sarahjobell