{ DAY 414 }

Can I share something with you?  There is something that I’m just beginning to learn in my life at a deeper level.  It’s so simple and yet it makes a profound difference.  It’s something that I don’t just want to stand on the edge of but actually leap off of.  I want to wake up and be thrilled that I get THIS day, THIS moment to live.  Don’t get me wrong, I’m not waking up depressed every morning, but I also haven’t been waking up with wide eyed wonder at the gift I’ve been given.  Not in that really see it way.  (Okay I never wake up physically wide eyed because I’m not a morning person but that’s a rabbit trail…).  There are no guarantees that I will wake up every day and yet for the past 25 years this grace has been given me.  If you’re reading this then you’ve been given the same grace.  Have you been just going through the motions of life but not really living?  Are you always looking forward to the next thing or just able to rest and enjoy now?  If not you’re missing out just like I was.  The next big thing is right now not someday in the future.  It’s the fact that you’re breathing in oxygen and exhaling carbon dioxide.  WOW.  Today is an adventure.  Treat it accordingly by looking for the treasure.  It’s all around you.  This is life.

(Photos by: Christa Taylor)  Also a big thank you to Christa for not only shooting these pictures but styling them as well.  Last week there was this fancy plaid outfit but this week we’re showing you how to dress it down a bit.  Just a bit though… 😉  It isn’t the first time she’s put me in these glasses…she also had me wear them here and here.

Also I’m still looking for some willing people to be a part of the 2013 fundraising team.  Do you want to help sweet orphans in India?  Now is your chance!  Email me at misselaini @ gmail.com (remove spaces) if you’re interested!