What inspires you?
I found myself this week looking at my wedding ring, no it is not the original that one broke 7 years ago. I thought I would share my 3 simple thoughts I have had about this ring.
1. Simplicity is Important to Me: I originally had a solitaire diamond. When it broke I found this ring and loved the simplicity of the design. Before when I was younger, life was about showing others what I could do or what I had. I was trying to keep up with the "Jones" with having a large, perfect color ring like everyone else. We seem to look around and see others homes, waistlines, lifestyles and want better for ourselves. When I look down at my ring a see a symbol of love and commitment. It also reminds me that we have chosen to live in a small mobile home, not out of necessity but out of the desire to live simpler. For us simplicity brings freedom.
2. You Can Do Anything: Several years ago I set a goal to run a 5K. I am not a runner or an athlete, yet I know I wanted to prove I could do it for myself. I trained and love walking...the morning of the 5K my husband and I went off to the event. My husband and I started together and it was soon apparent he was much faster than I was going to be (without training LOL). I walked around that lake singing "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me", after a while my husband came back down the trail to find me since I was taking a long time and walked with me to the finish line. It did not matter to me that my time was higher than I thought it should be, I was so excited to have finished a goal I set! Now, you ask what does that have to do with the ring? After that event we went to lunch and saw a jewelry store going out of business. At that jewelry store I found my perfect new wedding band!
3. It Takes Two:
"Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor: If either of them falls down,one can help the other up."
We so often take this verse only for married couples, yet we all need other people. Some days, I look at my ring and remember I need to get out of my office to talk to others, get their advice on something I am working on, and just laugh. Our world is full of things that isolate us from other people, we have to work on have relationships in our lives that will lift us up when fall down.
Challenge for all of us: Look around you and find something that inspires you to step outside your comfort zone, inspires you to challenge yourself to set a new frightening goal, or find something that will just remind you that you are loved!
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