i’ve been busy lately. too busy to write. but not to busy to think. and one of the things that i’ve been thinking about is goals. a potential employer asked that i fill out a questionnaire that specifically addressed the goals that i have set for my future – both in the short-term and the long-term, both work-related and personal. and after a bit of time, i found that there were several personal goals that i could set for myself.
the two goals that have seemed to make the most impact, or at least taken up an active space in my brain, and the following.
one. i would like to lose my inhibitions and
act more like a kid around my kids.
two. i would like to do a better job of living
in the moment.
setting goals in the past has often proved pointless as other things get in the way of fulfilling them or they are intentionally (or unintentionally) set to the side for a variety of reasons. but these are two that i would like to fulfill. and i’ve already started.
it was a warm, sunday evening and the faith community that i’m a part of was meeting at a local bandshell instead of its typical, weekly location. this was the second week that we had decided to meet outdoors and on this particular week, the staff had decided to rent one of those inflatable obstacle course/slide contraptions for the kids to use both before and after the worship experience. and they did. but a few of us adults decided that we needed to use it too.
so after the service ended, a group of us made our way over to this amazing piece of equipment and proceeded to race each other through the initial opening, interior obstacles, short climbing wall, and down the slide. we raced and we raced and we raced. and i won and i won and i won. i must have gone through that thing twenty to thirty times. the fact that i won really didn’t matter. it was the fact that i kept going through. running like crazy. flipping in the air. acquiring rug (plastic) burns along my arms. smiling and laughing the entire time. i didn’t care what people were thinking. i was having a blast. and i was living in the moment.
it may seem silly, but this was actually a powerful time for me. a time of redefining who i am. a time of letting go. a time of release. and the best part about it all was that i recognized that i was fulfilling two of my most recent goals.
yes, i was losing my inhibitions. yes, i was living in the moment. but more importantly, i was simply living. i was experiencing life in a deep and meaningful way.
may i continue to experience this life. may i continue to live. and may i enjoy it all.
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i think a bunch of us have "war wounds" to show for this evening. oh the joy of the moment...my stomach hurt from the laughter!
i hope you are experiencing more "little gasps of joy" this week.
:-)
sad i missed it! sounds like it was fun!
I'm surprised that since you were all grown ups that you didn't pop or wreck any of the stuff that is made for kids. I would have been concerned about the safety of the children too.
actually, we were not all grown-ups (or grown-up). we were older, but kids at heart. your concern for the children is well founded. but we would never put the children in danger. in fact, some of us were actually racing the children. they loved it. young and old coming together. isn't that what community is all about.
(note: these things are made to withstand pretty much anything. and we aren't a destructive group. well, at least i'm not a destructive person.)
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