Tractor Tales

Today I was driving home, speeding down the back roads with music blaring, when I got stuck behind a tractor. Everything in me wanted to pass him. I was going a very good speed, but now I was moving like a snail. I didn't understand. As soon as my impatience was almost unbearable and I was about to pass, the tractor turned.

Then I realized something. I need to learn to take life slowly. I need to learn to take life for what it's worth. Lately, I have become a planner. From this time to this time I will do this and starting at this time I will do that. Who does that? Apparently, the whole world since we all seem to have jam packed schedules with barely enough time to sit down for a meal (this is something I will always take time out for). I mean, being a planner is good. Everyone needs a plan now and then, but it shouldn't be what life is about. You need excitement and unpredictability. You need this.

So, next time I get stuck behind a tractor, I'm going to enjoy it. Soak in the scenery. Look at God's beautiful, hand-crafted creation. Next time, I'll be patient and take life slow.

Wrapping up and moving on.

School is almost over my friends. For this, my heart fills with joy.

I cannot wait for the end of the semester. But with the end of the semester, comes the piles of projects, papers and tests. It's almost impossible to keep your head above water. Somehow, this semester, I am managing. Maybe I'm more laid back about school. Maybe I have better time management skills. Or maybe, right now, I am so ready for summer that I don't care. Maybe...

Ever felt like you were losing a friend? Yup, I feel that. They are so caught up in some one time experience they had that they forget about your friendship. You have been replaced by others, who they don't really know or doesn't really know them. It's awful. It breaks my heart. But I guess that's life. You are close to someone and things happen. Life changes and people move on. I just hate being the one left in the past of the way things used to be.