thursday evening thoughts

Ah, the end of the week. I have Friday off, and just in time. It's been a long, tiring four days this week, and I'm ready for the weekend.

So tonight I'll be brief, since it's late, and I'm fading fast. A few quick, and probably disjointed-sounding thoughts:

1) I work with the best people in the world. Really, I am thoroughly convinced of this fact, and become moreso every day. They're awesome, and I don't deserve to work with them.

2) Sometimes the longest, hardest weeks, are the most rewarding, even when you didn't get everything finished that you'd hoped to.

3) In the midst of craziness and potential stress in my life, I need an escape hatch - a parachute - a sanctuary. We all have to have at least one. I know what, and where, mine are. Do you? When I caught a brief moment of freedom in my eleven hour workday today, I escaped to one of them for a few minutes. It never seems like long enough, but it's long enough when it's all the time you have. It's long enough when you have those moments to regroup, reflect, and pray.

4) I'm grateful for the craziness of life, because in some sense, it keeps things interesting - it keeps things moving. And it keeps pushing me forward, reminding me that I have been issued challenges that I must meet, because there's something to accomplish. It also reminds me that there is One who is greater that does the moving, and who intends to accomplish much greater things than those I worry about in the day to day.

+peace, and all good!