Maybe at it’s roots poverty isn’t a money issue
Maybe homelessness isn’t a housing issue
Maybe crime isn’t an anger issue
On being still
In a world where busy equals important
And important equals status
‘Still’ is an unpopular choice
On finding the path
It always surprises me when threads from the past
Reach into the present and guide me
When a small insignificant yes turns into a major life decision
On being in two places at once
When you heart is in two places at once
When you feel it tearing and twisting
On generosity
We don’t need much to be generous
Turns out generosity isn’t defined by a number
But of sacrifice
On Kenya
I traveled to experience
I traveled to see beauty, to find beauty
I traveled to choose brave
On breaking
I can’t break and stay the same
That’s the beauty of the breaking
On skin
And only a God that pushes continents together so that you and I would meet
Could create a place that includes such beautiful variations of people made in his image
On giving help
If you give help
Then receive help willingly
If you sacrifice
Then accept the gifts of others
On opposites
Maybe opposites are only things outside our experience
Maybe they only exist at first glance
At snap judgment
At the superficial
On seeing
It’s hard to prove the lack of something
It’s hard to see what’s not there
On joining the table
Maybe you’re like me
Maybe you’re lost in a sea of options
Maybe you’ve heard lots of differing advice
On mommas and their babies
They are the most amazing combination of a little bit you and a little bit them
On joining in the fear
I remembered the last time I tried something new
When I went somewhere for the first time
And I joined him in the fear
I started there first
On standing out
Maybe you are the most beautiful when you stand out
Maybe it takes a little alone-ness
Loneliness
To find pride in exactly who you are
On nudges
Every nudge is a holy nudge
Let them all call me to action
On really (not) knowing
There’s so much information blaring into my eyes
I can forget I don’t know everything
Because I see so much
On your people
Fill your life with people who make your heart grow
On profiles
I’m not dwindling myself down to labels
I can’t be described in 3 words
On conquering
You have conquered big things before
You can do it again