Sun-kissed Bookshelves

WHAT'S UP?! Hope you are having a good day, and that your Sunday has been an adventure..

I went on an adventure today...My friends and I decided Friday night that Saturday, we would drive down to our friend's house, spend the night, and just have a good time. A mini road trip, but a road trip all the same.

Our adventure was fun. We jammed out to some good music on the way down, had some AH-MAZING food (let me tell you...tater-tot casserole, apple dumplings, coffee, coffee, coffee..ah, I mean, ice-cream, cinnamon rolls...Don't worry, I'll be heading to the gym), had some laughs, and just in general had a really good time. And we saw some pretty cool train tracks, that ran right through the center of the town.

This morning, we went to a small, tiny church in a small, tiny town where the guest speaker had a Mississippi accent that coated every word he spoke-it was intense. But the sermon was important, and it's stuck with me all afternoon...mainly because it's something I've been writing about a lot. He spoke about living in the present tense, not in the past. Leaning on what is right now, and not what was.

It was interesting to hear it again from someone else, because even as he spoke, and even as I thought about everything I ever tell myself, I still learned. I still learned that each day, you have to work at making relationships meaningful, days meaningful, moments meaningful. And you have to make each day count, not a repeat of what was.

This weekend was definitely meaningful. I had so much fun just goofing off and laughing, and enjoying what we were doing in the present tense.

Anywho, I'm getting ready to face the upcoming week now, and I'm getting together some presents (shhh!) for a very good friend's birthday on Tuesday. Although I won't be able to see her ON her birthday (tears), I will be seeing her this next weekend, and we're going to party it up! Maybe. We may just watch a movie...which is a pretty good party, if you ask me.

I know today's post is short, but I hope with all of my heart that your days have been meaningful, and that you are ready to face the week. I wish you happiness through each day, and that the stress is manageable. Mostly, I hope that you can live each day in the present tense, and focus on moving forward...not looking back.

But, I hope you have a wonderful evening, you sun-kissed bookshelves.