This past week has been pretty intense. Julia and everyone in our house have been sick with this bad head cold that seems to be going around. Julia only went to school 1 day this week and i only made it to work 3 days out of 5. First, i have to just state for the record how incredibly amazing it is to be able to text your boss about your incredibly sick daughter and have them ask if you'd like the day off and not pressuring you to be there regardless of family problems. How blessed am i? Very. Julia went into the urgent care today and got medication so she'll be fine and thankfully it's nothing too serious. But let me also say, it's so incredible to have your boss say "I'll be praying for you and for Julia." I mean really? Am i the only one who is in complete awe of my bosses and co workers?
Thursday was my first staff meeting. But that's not what it felt like in the slightest. I mean free mexican food dinner, taking prayer requests, cracking jokes, being open about our lives and trusting those we work with to not take advantage of that information? It's empowering. Not to mention we got to play a game like we were preschoolers :) Kinda my forte if you ask me haha! This meeting, these women, they're more than just people i work with, they're so much more than the faces i see on a daily basis with no names. These women are family, I AM part of their family, just thinking about that makes me tear up because in all of my experience of working, there's been drama and problems between others. But this Christ like environment, oh, it definitely makes a difference.
At the meeting my boss faced us with a challenge. Every year on January 1st we make "promises" to ourselves about all of our biggest problem areas and majority of the time, we break those within the first 3 or 4 months of the year. Instead of picking one very specific aspect of your life, pick ONE WORD. One word that you put in your own definition and have it more in your life and that one word is what you work on all year.
My word: LOVE. I've had a lot of problems with this in the past, being selfish and not truly loving those that are in my life that i care about. Even those that i don't care about. My challenge to myself is to love more often, love more freely, and just love everyone around me whether they deserve it or not. My goal? To change my world. Notice my wording. Not THE world, because that's just too big of a chunk to take on right now or for one person. But i want to change MY world. Everyone that i come into contact with, whether i know them or if they're strangers. If i see you walking in the store, i'm going to smile at you and try to send the message of love. That verse? "Love your neighbor." No one really does that anymore. It's all about people they've met and come to grow on and know deeply. Everyone deserves love in all kinds of ways. Love as a friend, acquaintance, significant other, family member - whatever the case may be. LOVE is my word. And i want you to know, no matter who you are, whether i know you or not, whether we've had rough times, good times, i've hated you, you've hated me; i'm done with it. I. LOVE. YOU. Plain and simple.
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That heart, is just for you. Whomever might stumble across my page. And i challenge you, like my boss challenged me. Pick a word that stands out to you, and proceed to make a REAL change in your life, attitude and demeanor. Just wait and see how one word can change your life in just one year.
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