Gone Country

A Simple Smile

Yesterday was an average day and I was exhausted driving home from work in the afternoon. All I could think about was the millions of things I had to do and how I was stressed and overwhelmed with everything. I pulled up to a stop light and I saw an older man in the truck next to me out of the corner of my eye motioning to me. I glanced toward him and first wondered what he was doing making funny faces at me, but I then realized he was using his finger to draw a smile face against his window at me and had a big grin on his face. He then pointed at me and then to his big smile, and I couldn't help but let a big grin spread over my own face. As I accelerated forward when the light turned green, I couldn't help but keep smiling as I drove the rest of the way home. 

It got me thinking about how something as simple as a stranger smiling at you can make your day. One single man I do not even know wanted me to smile, just because. What if we all acted like that toward each other? Think of everytime you are driving down the road and pull up next to people at stoplights and glance toward them and they are yelling at the kids in the back, staring solemnly ahead, or just sitting there looking exhaused. If we could all just smile at everyone we see and even make a little bit of a fool out of ourselves in trying to get everyone else to smile, I really think this world would be such a happier place. The rest of my day yesterday, the image of the sweet old man with that goofy grin on his face kept coming to my mind, and I couldn't help but smile everytime.

Faith

I couldn't decide on what to make my title of my blog, so I decided to use the three words that inspire me most every day. So let me tell you a little bit about faith and how I interpret that word and all that it means to me. 

First off, I have a tattoo that says walk by faith. So, naturally, that word must have some deeper meaning to me than to the average person. But really, faith to me is everything. Life without faith wouldn't be life at all. There are so many times throughout my day where I wonder where I could be without faith. What would life be like? 

I have faith in God, first and foremost. I have faith that he sent his son to this earth to save us and faith that Jesus is able to give everyone who has faith in him eternal life. Now my faith goes further than that basic belief. Just to name a few, I have faith that...

Anyone can be happy in life, it is simply a matter of trusting that the Lord will provide and living a life that is pleasing to him. 

Even when things seem hopeless, God is there and will never leave my side. 

Miracles happen. 

I could really go on and on about all that faith means to me, but that list would be infinite. So, to sum it up, my faith is everything to me, and it can never hurt anyone to have a little faith.  

Welcome to My Life

So a friend inspired me to make a blog and I finally decided to take some time to do it. I've always loved to write and have so many thoughts I want to express, so I am thrilled to have an outlet for all of my crazy ideas, dreams, and simple thoughts. I feel a bit silly writing all of that on the internet for the world to see, but luckily for me at this point I don't have any followers to read my blog. So, I am hoping that by the time I do have followers, I will have this whole "blogging" thing down a little better and learn how to write a wonderful and interesting blog. That's all for now. Its girls night with my room mate and chocolate and Breakfast at Tiffany's are calling my name.