Money, Moonwalks, and M&M's

If you were outside at all today, then you know how absolutely gorgeous it was! On days like this I like to eat my lunch outside and just think about things, and today I did some pretty deep thinking. I thought about the story of the widow in Mark 12. Basically it goes like this: Jesus was teaching in the Temple, across from the offering box. From where he was sitting, he was observing how the crowd tossed money in for the collection. Many of the rich people were making large contributions. Then one poor widow came up and put in two small coins- a measly two cents. Jesus called His disciples over and said, " The truth is that this poor widow gave more to the collection than all the others put together. All the others gave what they'll never miss; she gave extravagantly what she couldn't afford-she gave her all (I got that from The Message, Mark 12: 41-44) She gave what she couldn't afford. I get a paycheck every week, and although it isn't as much as I would like it to be, I get by and even have extra left over for whatever it is that I wanna buy. Even so, I struggle so much with giving. The woman in the story was in a much worse situation than I am, and she gave more than she probably should have because she knew the power of selfless giving. I half have a panic attack when I have to spend more than 5 dollars in a day! I'm still thinking of this, and I'm not exactly sure of how I am going to deal with it. I know what I should do, but I tend to do what I don't want to do and I don't do what I do want to do.
But enough of the heavy! Tonight I was in K-Mart and saw a girl doing the moonwalk all the way across the floor of the check out area! She was just doing her thing right across the floor. After a busy day it's nice to just go out to your local store, kick back, and watch what happens! It's also nice to sit down at your computer and munch on some pretzel m&m's! My mother often tells me that I'm a simple girl, and I'm starting to believe her..

First Post?

It's almost 11:00 p.m and I still have homework to do for tomorrow. So what am I doing now? Taking the responsible road and shirking it for a few minutes so I can finally set up this blog that I've been wanting for a while! I guess the saying "The best things in life are free" is true after all! You know, it's funny to think about how my priorities have changed even since last year. Even since beginning college! I'm finding that I don't need to spend a lot of money to have a good time. Maybe the reason for that is because I really don't have a lot of money to spend right now (side note: have you taken a look at college tuition recently?! oh.my.goodness.), but that's okay and I'm learning to accept that because life is about more than money.

I'm learning that life is all about living.

So this first post was kind of pathetic but I'm really sleepy and I'll probably reread over this tomorrow and be really embarrassed by how silly I sound. But fear not! The ones to come will be better!