Peace in your heart; Laughter on your lips

Running on Fumes

March 4

‭‭Isaiah 55:11 NIV‬‬
[11] so is my word that goes out from my mouth: It will not return to me empty, but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it.

The Scripture above is Jesus speaking; however, what if we spoke with this in mind, that each time words exited our lips, we fully understood our words have power to speak life, or death, over others. In a society saturated with people speaking and giving opinions, sharing with intentional life isn't as prevalent as one would hope.

Lately, I've struggled with focusing on one task. I've been pacing, mind racing from one thought to another, unable to keep up with the flood of to-do's. For a moment, I considered maybe this was a late life onset of ADHD. I've heard sometimes anxiety is mistaken as ADHD and vice versa - what if that was true for me. But I think I'm just feeling the magnitude of ending the preliminary portion of the dissertation process and considering what the next year will look like. Somehow it's already here, what seemed impossible in 2022 is now in its final stage. It's difficult to wrap my mind around that truth.

Focus, Kel. Trying to soak in all the things before writing takes me away from it is unfathomable. However, I did attend a game night where I managed to win at Rock/Paper/Scissors. First try, no less. Yes, I'm bragging. Funnily, when it comes to competition Rock/Paper/Scissors - I always win. No lie. Well....I've won 2 "competition-style" matches, if you will. The first was for a third martini flight which I absolutely should not have had, mostly because I was already 8 martinis in and definitely did not need 4 more. Consequently, I don't remember much about that night except winning the game for another flight. Weird.

Any Way - focus, will you - I won a Starbucks gift card to fund my coffee and winning habit. Not a bad night. And, of course, my name tag says Parts. And, of course, hers said Spare Parts. Because all we do is laugh together.

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I ask you -

What does peace in your heart look like to you?

Have you ever been on a winning streak?

Tell me about your favorite game! Spoons.

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