Except we aren't going ALL the way back to the beginning. Just back to the basics. God, Wife, youth ministry, job and finally Self. Now, anyone who knows me knows that to even LIST Self as the last thing either meant that I am trying to reprioritize, or that I listed those things backward. Yes, I have been selfish. I wanted to add "at times" to that sentence but that would be a ridiculous undestatement. I do need to say that I am trying. There is a fighter in me.
Here's a list of the things I am trying to do to get the old juices flowing.
- Trying Contacts- Have always been frightened to death of them!
- Learning to play guitar- I have always allowed myself to be discouraged after the first lesson.
- Attempting to finish some old stories I have been working on for YEARS and get them published.
- Reconnect with the youth without the fear of failing, or the fear that they are tired of me and can't wait to get someone new in there. In short- To love without fear.
- And last but certainly most daunting to me- run a 5k with some folks from our church.
There are some other things happening, one of them being to begin blogging again with the frequency of old, Or the frequency of an old man going to the loo again and again- (the loo means the bathroom in the hipster language I created in my head. Also in australia or the UK or something) that I am just going to try and accomplish, but hopefully those will be more evident as fruits of my time and labor than of some list I put in a blog people seldom read. I am also going to try and make these shorter. No one wants to read a book, they would have bought a book if they wanted that. I seem to suffer from Diarrhea of the Mouth (many of the youth would agree) and it has traveled to my hands as of late. I can always save the other 3/4s of the blog I am writing for 3 other days instead of looking at one really long one every two years and being satisfied.
I will be back. And soon. I promise.
Your consolation prize- Jon
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