Worth Living

I don't have anything major to share with you all today. I just wanted to take a moment to tell you that I'm happy. I feel like every once in awhile, we need to share those kinds of sentiments.

I have a job where I get to do some good for people I care about every week.

I'm teaching a class where I get to inspire college students to look at their world a little more closely, decide what they don't like about it, then do something about it.

I'm in classes that allow me to think harder about the world I live in, how we talk about it, and what that might mean. And I don't feel like an idiot in them this year. A spectacular improvement.

On the weekends, I find myself doing lots of reading and taking care of household chores, spending an evening or an afternoon out with friends. The weekends are slow, and I'm kind of enjoying it.

When I was getting ready to start this semester, I was so worried about my ability to handle it all - so ready for the year to be over before it even started. But after much prayer and contemplation, I came to understand this new, more full schedule as a tremendous opportunity, rather than something to just get through.

I decided that this opportunity was something not just worth fighting for, but something worth living.

Right now, I sure am glad to be living it.