Sometimes I feel like my blog ends up being more about therapy and self disclosure than it does about being anything else. Recently I've been thinking about the idea of contentment a lot. If you have known me for many years you probably know that I'm pretty driven in a lot of areas. School has been one of those places where I have really pushed pretty far and I've been in some sort of degree program as long as I can remember. Well that's officially done now and I'm learning what life is like without the constant push to have to get school work done. I was talking to a friend briefly about it yesterday and I mentioned that this is only the 2nd Christmas season in my 12 years of marriage that I haven't been writing papers and preparing for exams.
So what does contentment look like for me. The other day it looked like me sitting at my dining room table reading a copy of Paste Magazine. The last couple days it's been me heading to the gym at 4pm to do some work on the elliptical machine. I feel content when I'm in a healthy rhythm and all parts of my life are in balance. When the Spiritual side is connected to God, when the mental side is focused on who I am and the physical side is sweating a lot.
So my goal during the holidays is to stay in the content place. To not want to much, give to much or do to much. I want to focus on who God is, what Jesus has done and how it should make me live. That's my goal.
i love this, i need this. Thanks bro, i feel that I am in a slump too and maybe some physical stuff would help that.