Any EVERYDAY Activity

Listening to music (Shout out to "Mumford and Sons"), playing a guitar, singing, facebooking, and writing. My ADD has struck once again!!! And it will most likely take 3 hours to write this entry when it easily could be written in 20 minutes. I like it this way because it has become my stereotypical "ADD wanna ride bikes" scapegoat. 6 activities at once, if you include thinking as one. Some would call this multi-tasking yet others just scoff at the unproductiveness of my activities. I call it being thankful!

As some of you may know, I spent last week on vacation with a friend from my beautiful hometown. We traveled through Bulgaria and had a blast finding adventure every second of the day. Whether it be hitch-hiking, swim-suit optional mineral baths, hiking in the mountains in the dark, exploring old communist monuments, or sleeping in a cave, I am extremely thankful for the time that we got to spend traveling.

Again my appreciation overflows. This time however for the hospitality that all the awesome PC volunteers showed us as we traveled. A huge hug and thanks goes out to these people for letting us stay with them:
Lexi
Meg
Aaron
Semah
Aaron & Sara
Greg

(Guitar break)

If I forgot anyone I am sorry, but you know who you are, so give yourselves a super-sized pat on the back. ;0

Another thing that spurred me to write was the phone call that I had with my dad today. Among much of the struggle of life and the trials that we all go through I am so thankful that I have two amazing parents that still love each other and are TOGETHER.

Parent Glamour Shot

Divorce, death, arguments, betrayal, anything that seperates people, permeates this world. This devisiveness is "together" with the world. All of these things are present in my life. Not "with" me, but among people I know and people that are good. It makes me ask, well before Thanksgiving day, what am I thankful for?

(Singing break)

Here are some things. My family and wonderful parents. My friends that put up with my quirky and sometimes "brattiness". A loving God. Internet and all the amenities I have that bring my world together haha. Music that lifts my soul and writing that expresses it. And my soul itself.

Being together is a not just being with one another in person. It is connecting with the people and souls around you. I don't want to sound to much like "Avatar" but it is really the truth. I may not be 9 feet tall, blue, and have a pony-tail with a squid on the end of it, but I do know what it means to be together.

Again with so much seperation and loss in my life recently, I find it comforting to know that I am still together with what I love most. And for that I am thankful everyday, not just the last Thursday of November.

Now after writing this at the same time as facebooking, listening to music, playing guitar, singing, and thinking, I have freed myself to go be together with much more important aspects of life...reading and humbling ;)

I am thankful everyday. Let someone you know, know how thankful you are. Make it an everyday activity...