Pattycake

What is it about finals and the ending of a semester that makes people so hilarious?  I think the whole "Yes, I am going to be out of school for about a month" begins to kick in... Whatever it is I like it a lot.

You know what else I like a lot?  College. Yes, I love my school and yes I love Nashville- but what I really love is the people around me.  Everyone is so unique and making their own paths.  Each person I meet reveals an entirely different world.  Partially because they are from places I am not familiar with and also simply because they are fresh and new.  So many times I find myself just sitting back and listening to another person tell me about their experiences or passions and I just am amazed by the uniqueness of each one.  For example, I ate lunch with the group I will be traveling to Guatemala with in January and one of the grls just mentions she's from Alaska and instantly I wanted to ask, "How did you even end up at Belmont?"  What is so funny is that the majority of people answer that question with, "I have absolutely no idea." Isn't God wonderfully creative?  I mean really... I could not tell you exactly why I chose to move here except that I was a bit too lazy to really search for other choices.

No matter where I go I feel like a freak because I am always so interested in other peoples lives that you could tell me you lived in a box for your entire life and I'd want to know every detail of what happened.  I guess because NO ONE is exactly alike nor will ever experience the same things as another person, therefore each story begins and ends in a unique way.

Unique.  

That word is just right on the dot of what I am trying to say and why everyone is beautiful.  When you move to a new place, it takes time to find your nitch, but let me tell you- searching for it almost matures you faster than a lot of other things.  I've managed to understand who God is a bit more and what He's doing with me.  I realize that my plans are so different from His and trying hard to hold on to what you've always known ends up hurting you.  My friend and I were talking about how difficult leaving our comfort zones can be and sometimes all it takes is just a "leap of faith."  Too often we sit and wait for the heavens to open up and God give us directions when in reality, He has already probably tried to steer us in the way we should go, just not in the same way we thought was the right one.  We are stubborn people and want to hold onto our choices that we have made in our lives because we don't want to know that what chose was the wrong thing to do.  How ridiculous is that?  To remain in a place simply because you do not want to take the road different from YOUR plans.  Sometimes taking our road leads us to a dead end and it is then that we realize that God is the one with the directions.  He knows the way to go and all we have to do is follow.

Like how I ramble and hop from one point to another to another? Yeah, I am weird.

On another note... it was pancake night at the caf! Bonus to finals time =)