...Hey, I like your Fro...

It's been a while... and the title has absolutely nothing to do with what I'm about to talk about.

Two weeks ago I was in a car accident (no panic, there was no major damage done to any of us) and it opened my eyes to many things, most importantly the value of the small moments in life.This year has been a challenge for me for many reason's but the biggest one is the fact that I've made it my goal to confront my insecurities and that's not always easy. So here's a prime example of taking joy in the little thinks AND confronting insecurities.

A week ago I held a chapel at school for women's history month. The chapel was three fold,

1. Address and discuss how we can be strong women of God in today's high demand society
2. open up and talk about what's on our minds (whatever random thing it might be)
3. pampering ourselves and learning to take little moments in our daily routine to relax

sounds like fun right?? it was! ha. but something happened over the course of the evening that took me by surprise. Within the planning process, I had made the event in a way that didn't include me. I had planned it with absolutely no intention of contributing to the discussion but when the time came, for some reason, everything just started coming out of my mouth... I know this sounds stupid, but there was absolute healing in being able to say out loud, to a room full of women, the things about my personality that, to me, seem undesirable. For the first time I was actually able to move past my insecurity about sharing too much about what's going on with me, with other people.

Retelling the story now, it sounds really stupid...and uneventful. I mean, no one in the room stood up and started cheering because I opened up (that would have been cool though) and no one commended me afterwards but it was still a big victory for me and at this point in my life, I value the small moments...a lot!

so what's the point of this? Well it really isn't about learning to face your insecurities or anything (though, if you can do that, that's great). Its about learning to take joy in the small victories in your life. I think sometimes we (and by we I actually mean me) get so focused on the big things happening in our lives, or the big goals we have, that we don't stop to realize the small things that get us there...

So merry early Christmas... I just managed to make two very unrelated stories fit together.