hey everyone (cuz i'm sure my readership is SO vast)
just wanted to let you all know that i've relocated to wordpress. i needed a change...so i changed. also it gave me something to do while i've been sitting around bored at home :)
the new website is: jesseelisabeth.wordpress.com
come see me there!
TTFN!
31.5.10
25.5.10
.the end?.
And so an era ends. I've graduated from college and have been thrust into the real world. Strange....so strange.
I don't want to make this too sappy or depressing, but I've been in a reflective mood lately so I decided it was time for another post.
The last three years have been quite the adventure. I've absolutely loved just about everything about Taylor-- the people, the activities, the dorm life, the classes-- maybe not the homework, but just about everything else. Sure it's been hard sometimes and many moments have been full of frustration, anger, tears and more. But the pain and tough times have more than been worth it for the friendships, laughter and incredible memories. I'm super grateful for that season in my life and the people I shared it with.
But if I've learned anything in my life, it's that change happens. It's inevitable. Just because you've found something good and you wish it would last forever, doesn't mean it will. In fact, it most likely means it won't. But I've also learned that change is the best way to grow. It's not easy, but since when is growth easy? there's a reason there's such a thing as "growing pains." That's how I see the changes in my life. Sure it hurts like hell sometimes, but I'd rather deal with the pain than stay a toddler my entire life and never experience...well...anything. So I've chosen to love, to live, to laugh...to feel. And I've been the better for it.
One of the senior blocks at the theatre quotes Job 23, saying "When he has tried me, I shall come forth as gold." This struck me when I actually read it instead of walking past it that life so often works this way. Fire hurts...ask any kid who sticks their hand in it cuz "it's pretty!" But fire refines gold and makes it worth much more-- makes it more perfect. 1 Peter 1:15 tells us that we are to be perfect as our Father is perfect. And I think that there's no better way to grow than to have to trust God in the midst of change.
So I say...bring on the fire!
I don't want to make this too sappy or depressing, but I've been in a reflective mood lately so I decided it was time for another post.
The last three years have been quite the adventure. I've absolutely loved just about everything about Taylor-- the people, the activities, the dorm life, the classes-- maybe not the homework, but just about everything else. Sure it's been hard sometimes and many moments have been full of frustration, anger, tears and more. But the pain and tough times have more than been worth it for the friendships, laughter and incredible memories. I'm super grateful for that season in my life and the people I shared it with.
But if I've learned anything in my life, it's that change happens. It's inevitable. Just because you've found something good and you wish it would last forever, doesn't mean it will. In fact, it most likely means it won't. But I've also learned that change is the best way to grow. It's not easy, but since when is growth easy? there's a reason there's such a thing as "growing pains." That's how I see the changes in my life. Sure it hurts like hell sometimes, but I'd rather deal with the pain than stay a toddler my entire life and never experience...well...anything. So I've chosen to love, to live, to laugh...to feel. And I've been the better for it.
One of the senior blocks at the theatre quotes Job 23, saying "When he has tried me, I shall come forth as gold." This struck me when I actually read it instead of walking past it that life so often works this way. Fire hurts...ask any kid who sticks their hand in it cuz "it's pretty!" But fire refines gold and makes it worth much more-- makes it more perfect. 1 Peter 1:15 tells us that we are to be perfect as our Father is perfect. And I think that there's no better way to grow than to have to trust God in the midst of change.
So I say...bring on the fire!
14.5.10
.footprints.
“Some people come into our lives and quickly go. Some stay for awhile and leave footprints on our hearts. And we are never, ever the same.”
Tonight I got to spend time with many people who have left footprints on my life. We all dressed up and enjoyed being fancy for a while. We smiled and took lots of pictures. We made a few last memories to add to the vast number of already existing ones. And I guess it was a good time.
But one of those people wasn't there. Unforeseen circumstances kept her away from an event that I know she would never have missed if she'd been given the choice. And she was sorely missed, by me and by others. It's hard to reflect on the past and to enjoy the memories with the people in them, when a person so significant is missing.
I was given an award tonight that could have gone to a number of people in that room. There is so much work that goes into that theater that doesn't come from me. But I was more than honored, albeit surprised, to have received it. I was grateful, but a part of me didn't want to accept it. It was supposed to come from her. She was supposed to be there. None of the blood, sweat, and tears that I offered up would have been useful or deserved if it weren't for her.
I don't know where my opening quote came from, but there's a lot of truth in it. Some people are in our lives for a season and then leave, passing quickly through. But others stay for a while, and take time to invest in us, and they are the ones who leave footprints on our hearts. They are the ones that we miss when we leave, the ones we seek to replace but never really can.
She was one of them.
Sure, tonight was great. Sure, it was fun. But it was incomplete. Because, more than any award, it is her friendship, wisdom, and love for which I am grateful.
Tonight I got to spend time with many people who have left footprints on my life. We all dressed up and enjoyed being fancy for a while. We smiled and took lots of pictures. We made a few last memories to add to the vast number of already existing ones. And I guess it was a good time.
But one of those people wasn't there. Unforeseen circumstances kept her away from an event that I know she would never have missed if she'd been given the choice. And she was sorely missed, by me and by others. It's hard to reflect on the past and to enjoy the memories with the people in them, when a person so significant is missing.
I was given an award tonight that could have gone to a number of people in that room. There is so much work that goes into that theater that doesn't come from me. But I was more than honored, albeit surprised, to have received it. I was grateful, but a part of me didn't want to accept it. It was supposed to come from her. She was supposed to be there. None of the blood, sweat, and tears that I offered up would have been useful or deserved if it weren't for her.
I don't know where my opening quote came from, but there's a lot of truth in it. Some people are in our lives for a season and then leave, passing quickly through. But others stay for a while, and take time to invest in us, and they are the ones who leave footprints on our hearts. They are the ones that we miss when we leave, the ones we seek to replace but never really can.
She was one of them.
Sure, tonight was great. Sure, it was fun. But it was incomplete. Because, more than any award, it is her friendship, wisdom, and love for which I am grateful.
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