Friendship

Sitting with the girls of a high school youth group and talking about friendships last night was eye opening.

Maybe these topics we talk to the teens about, we should  be reviewing with the adults as well.

The importance of waiting & choosing your close friends wisely, is something I watch my own peers (and I myself as well) struggle with.

We want to be liked, we want to be able to call those people our friends.

Telling the girls that since high school, I have lost contact with most of the friends I had back then. There's only 2 I still talk to...one I get together with for lunch nearly every month & the other just sort of shows up when I really need her (like when I was giving birth to my 4th child) but we always pick up like no time has passed.

Telling them that, made me realize I  need to worry less about how many best friends I have.

I have a friend who called me today, with a very personal problem & I was able to listen & talk & will check in on them later today...and I know I can turn to her anytime for the same. I  just thought after getting of the phone that it was one of the ways God is reiterating  the message to me again today.

It's great to have your best friends, but it's even better when you are patient and wise in your choices of who those are.

It's not about Quantity,  but friendship is entirely  about Quality.

Now,  into my 30's, I can say that I have a couple of good close friends and I am more choosy over who I share those deepest  concerns with. God has blessed me with great Godly friends. He has stepped in and based on His Word we find in the bible, has set me up with the perfect people to be in my life. ♡

Simply Elegant Chaos

Best description of my life.

Just wrapped up a study with a lovely group of women about using more wisdom in committing my time and am ready to  start 2015 off with a plan.

Here are the goals, most of which I have a plan in place to make happen & I can share those later.

(These are listed in no particular  order  but numbered so you know how crazy it sounds to accomplish  this much in a year)

1. increase my closeness to God.

2. Write more. Blogs. Journals. A book, or 4? I love writing and I haven't put it high enough up.

3. Be a better wife. And mom. And friend. And stranger. ... Be a better person.

4. Keep my house in order. Haha, this is kind of a joke :) I actually have started using the confident mom planner & following her tasks for the day, though.

5. Finish my started projects.

6. Open  an etsy shop.

7. Pay off my debts. (Just finished up Financial  Peace University  too, so that's in motion)

8. Make the community aware of & love more those who suffer from or are affected by depression,  ptsd and suicide.
9. My health. Fix it. Make it better. No more lazy

10. My appearances. Painting my nails, fixing my hair, doing my makeup...heck I may even try to not wear Jammies out of the house (nah, that's a joke too. I like my Jammies & will continue  wearing them all over.)

11. Monthly date nights, planned by me. (So we can do what I want?? Nah, because  my husband works hard & I want time alone with him trying new things & he doesn't have time to research & plan)

12. Weekly family dinner (Friday  nights) open to kids' friends if they so choose. And likely ending up as weekly game nights....maybe if we do them more often my eye will twitch less when we play spoons?

13. Cook more. Spend less. I'm probably  sacrificing the garden this year, but still  trying to cut the budget.

14. Stay happy. It's not about the current circumstances,  but about what is beyond them. That was a hard lesson from 2014.

That's. All I can think of off the top of my head, I have a work list of goals too, but that seems like it could  be a subject of its own for another day.