Life

Some songs make you feel like home. I don't know how to explain it but they make you feel safe and make you feel excited for your future. For me, "One Fine Morning", is a perfect example of this.

"One fine morning, I'm going to ride out. Just me and the skeleton crew. We're going to ride out in a country kind of silence." 

Those lines make me excited to be in Wyoming this summer. While I will miss my friends all summer, I can't wait to discover parts of myself that are still hiding out west. I get the whole summer to be with my sister, her husband, and their baby. I get the whole summer to learn leather work and wood work. I get the whole summer to drive around Wyoming by myself. I get a summer full of rodeos, random stops by myself to jump into my favorite lake in the whole world, hiking, riding horses, swing dancing, and cowboys. My heart can't wait. I know I will learn so much about myself, my sister, and God. I have never felt closer to the Lord than when I'm out there. 

Expectations

I have learned recently, first hand, about the danger of expectations. I learned this lesson through the infamous "set-up." You know how it goes, one friend is certain they have found your soul mate. So right away you have this expectation of what they should be like and you compare them to those unreachable standards. I have been held to these standards and, admittedly, I have held people to those standards. However, I have grown to realize how horrible this is. I want to get to know someone because I am such a relational person. I want to be able to show them I care about them, not for what they can possibly give me, but because my God has called me to love like Him. I find it degrading to only get to know someone because you think they can meet those standards, because you would never get to know them for who they truly are. Instead, you just see failed options. You miss out on a wonderful friendship and a wonderful person.