Yup, it's true!
I'm a big fan of sticking stuff on walls...beautiful pictures, motivating Bible verses, inspirational quotes, reminders, fun memorabilia...and tape just doesn't do the trick. (It's kind of destructive on walls)
So, whadda you do if you can't use tape to stick something on the wall?
*que superhero music*
You use....STICKY TACK!
This is the product of 12:30 at night - a school night, to be exact. (Extra bonus points for anybody who can name the character in a fantasy book who uses this phrase ALL the time!) Anyways, I couldn't sleep. There were all things jumbling around in my head - things I hadn't done, but needed to do.
One of these things was sticking pictures and verses onto my walls. After stuggling with the fact that cutting/sticking/admiring were probably activities that could be come quite noisy and sleep-depriving, I just got up and did my thing. And nobody woke up, so all was well.
It's still a work in progress. But hey, it's better than a sad empty wall staring bleakly at me every time I pass by it!
I'm a big fan of personalization. (More on that later!)
Do you ever get frustrated? *cough*rhetorical question*cough*
I get frustrated when people mispronounce my name...or repeatedly misspell my name after I have clearly written my name a million times where they can see it. (Does that ever frustrate you?)
I get frustrated when I get a low score on a test because because I did my very best and studied and took my time and yadda yadda whatever.
I get frustrated when I can't get finish everything I wanted to accomplish in a day because I had to play with my siblings, or do chores, or because I was just plain lazy!
I get frustrated when I make the same mistakes, over and over again - when I continually put my interests over other peoples' interests - when I keep having pity parties for myself -when I don't do things as well as I think I should have.
And you are probably tired of reading all these rants and whinings!
But the point is, I get frustrated way much more often than I should. I'm not the type of person who will blow up in your face when I'm mad or the kind that flings stinging remarks in your face cause I'm annoyed - I just get snappy and out-of-shape.
See, the problem is, I'm still fighting that ever-present "old man". You know, from 2 Corinthians 5:17? I'm so focused on MYSELF and what I want to do or get done, that I totally throw aside other people's desires. And yes, I can make some pretty fine excuses for why I have a great reason for being frustrated...and selfish and proud. And maybe I do have a great reason.
But it doesn't matter. My life is not my own anymore. I am living FOR Christ, and his goals and desires for me are a lot different than the old man's goals and desires for me.
Do you dream? (Yes, I know, major topic shift)
I always thought of myself as a dreamer.
But the more I think about it, I'm really not a dreamer (in the usual sense of the word). I love anticipating events and thinking about things that *could* happen - but all my daydreams all plausible possibilites (As in, they really could happen). I don't dream of impossible things, or crazy things, or wonderfully good and amazing things that I could do. My dreams are all grounded in reality.
In a sense, this is a very good thing. My hopes have less chance of being crushed. I'll more likely have my dreams "come true".
But in another sense, maybe I'm missing out on things, on possibilities, on potential that I have but don't realize it, or talents I have and COULD be better at, but I don't have motivation to. Or I just don't want to work at it hard enough.
Hmm.
Yes, well, ANYWAY, where I was going with was, the other day I was flipped through a homeschool magazine.
It was pretty much the same old, same old. And then, I saw the article. It was entitled, "PHC Chorale sings in cathedrals across Europe."
Just the title alone caught my eye. Not only did it mention Patrick Henry College (one of my dream colleges), but it combined PHC with "sings" and "cathedrals" and "Europe."
Oh my.
It talked about how this group visited three different European countries - shopping, touring cool sites, singing on the streets, climbing mountains, eating scrumptious food, and just having a good time. They visited Munich, Salzburg, Vienna, and Venice. (CAN YOU TALK ABOUT AWESOME?!)
But even more cool is that they got to perform - a capello - in places like St. Mark's Basilica. Student Abby Wolkings is quoted as saying, "I got goose bumps many times in the cathedrals. The majesty and great acoustics of the building caused our singing to sound like angels. Singing in great cathedrals where famous people have played or lived really brought to life the musical history of Europe for me. It was a great experience."
You may be thinking, ".....so?"
And I don't blame you.
But this article talked about about three of my "pratical"ish dreams - attending PHC, going to Europe, singing in a cathedral a capello with a big group - all in the same sentence. I was so excited when I read it. Cause maybe, just maybe, some of my dreams COULD come true.
Ok, I sound like a disney princess.
But does it make sense why I was excited? Probably not.
I'm bad at explaining stuff like this. But I just wanted to share this with you, cause it was super duper thrilling to me.
What are some of your dreams? Are you practical dreamer or head-in-the-clouds dreamer, or neither?
