Hola, mon peeps!
Any guesses on how I’m feeling today?
Bring. It. On!
Yup! Two days in a row! Finally some consistency. 😉
It’s been another good day. Today’s type of good day was the type with multiple really great gospel conversations with two of my best friends in the whole world. It was the type of good day that leaves me inspired to move forward, march down the path of life, head high, determined…
Bring it on.
Bring. It. On.
I love feeling that resolution. That energy. That passion. That determination to march forward and just face whatever might come head on. I know the feeling doesn’t last forever. I know there are days where I’d rather be dead than face a new challenge, or face a recurring challenge again. But today isn’t one of those days, and both days can be powerful vehicles for growth.
Anyway, I’m excited. 😊
On that note, I slept in again. I’m really having troubles with the 5:30 thing. Mostly because I can’t get myself to bed on time, and I don’t yet have the self discipline to get up at 5:30 when I don’t have to, since I don’t really need to be up for work until 8, if I don’t want to be (we officially open at… oh wait… maybe we officially open at 7:30. I’ll have to check Google. 🙃)
Fortunately, I’m not torn up about it. I’m not going to give myself a pass, but I’m not going to beat myself up either. I want to do better. It’s already late again tonight, but I was having a fabulous conversation with my friend Cory, and then another one with my friend Brittani, and… well… the time flies 🙂.
So… at this point, I’m trying to get to bed by 11, so I can at least get 6 1/2 hours of sleep when I get up at 5:30 tomorrow. Did you notice that italics there? Don’t suppose any of you get up at 5:30 central time? Feel like giving me a call? 😉 I promise, I’m not a grumpy waker upper. 😊
Anyway, I was out most of the day, but I didn’t fix any cars for my business. We had like 5 cancellations, so I gave most of my jobs to David and just shuffled the rest of the schedule to tomorrow. It was pretty nutty with the cancellations. Not normal, but I was able to give my tech a full day, at least, so that was good.
Other than that, I hung out with Miguel at his shop a little bit, helping him with a couple cars that were giving him fits. That was good. I hadn’t seen him or is partner, Koven, in quite a while, so that was nice. They’re good people.
After that, I went home, at some food, chatted with Cory and Brittani (separate conversations, although it would have been super cool to have them on a conference call), and now here I am.
#1. I’m grateful for my tech. He’s a good guy, and we’re starting to develop a bit of a friendship, I think. Which is nice. I’m trying to figure out how to increase his income.
#2. I’m grateful for my friends Cory and Brittani, that I can share the most important spiritual insights I have with them, which are usually a bit different than what you’ll hear in Sunday School but are so important and powerful to me personally. I’m going to write about one here shortly, but I’ll put it as a separate post, not in my journal here.
#3. I’m grateful for days where my faith and hope in the future is strong, where I choose to learn what I can from the present and let what comes come.
#4. I’m grateful for apples. I can’t remember the types of apples I like, but I like I lot of them. I like fruit, in general, I think.
#5. I’m grateful for family. I have great siblings and parents.
Well, folks, I’m off to la la land. Can you train yourself to dream about certain things? I’d like to become a better person while I sleep. I know I’ve had dreams that were so real that it took a while after waking up to realize that the memories of my dreams were’t real memories. Since I know that can happen, it would be sooooo cool if I could have experiences that would teach me, stretch me, challenge me, etc., in my dreams, so that #1. I could learn and grow while I sleep, and #2, so that no one would have to be on the receiving end of my junk while I’m growing.
Maybe I’ll do a little reading about dreams and see if there’s anything out there about it. Loves and hugs.
Lift the World.
~ stephen
Lift the World 