Ahhhhh can you feel it?? As you walk outside, the light breeze brushing your cheeks, the sun embracing your whole body, the pollen clogging up your nose, etc. It's spring!! I almost feel like this stands for the beginning of a new year instead of January. This is when everyone does their "spring cleaning", their springtime shopping (or in my case apparel adjusting with scissors), their big life decisions, and so much more! It's hitting everyone, this spring fever....
As the spring blooms, the outside seems to be more of a friend than an icy-hearted foe. So naturally, I, as do many others, go to the park and soak up this love! Working in retail however, I've noticed a different opinion of what to do when this beauty hits us.
The mall. It's a huge box filled with material things that we all "need" to succeed in life. Why are so many drawn to it when the outside is so beautiful? It confuses me because when I see a lovely day, I instantly complain about having to work indoors and hope and pray that when I get there, a patio will have been built and we can work in the sun. Shopping is and should not be an activity during a lovely day.
Being in college (not saying I am some super wise 19 year old, but I have had a tiny bit of insight), has shown me how clothes and appearance are of little significance. No one cares if you bought new clothes from some fancy, high-end store, or new make-up. In college, there's no popularity contest proving a winner if he/she looks the best. We just are who we are and have friends who love us the way we are. I have started the see the better things in life.
I've noticed that we base all of our lives around material things, I mean even this post is centered around a computer so I am not saying that I am anti-materialism. I just hate that this is our life... things.
So as I hear birds chirping outside, I'm going to end with this....
It's a new season.
It's a new day.
Embrace the gift of Spring
Before God takes it away.
Put down your phone
Take off your shoes
Stop for a second
And look at your view
Is it a screen
Is it a text?
Don't worry about
What happens next
Just look up
Change your view
Because God always has
Something new
Spring is here people! Let's start some new habits!!!!
God is love :)
