Focus

    This one is a bit more personal than the past few posts. As I was working today I realized FOCUS is what keeps us moving forward, staying sane and not losing sight of this awesome life we've got ahead of us. The very thing that I struggle with the most is the very thing that makes me the happiest. It is something I work for, it does not come naturally and quite frankly the thought of it freaks me out, FOCUS. 

     It didn't strike me today until I was listening to music that I realized how music has this innate ability to capture my attention and put my head in the exact place it needs to be. It's like all the worries that are not in my control but I still stress over are forgotten and placed in their own basket out of reach while I'm living out the current moment. That mindset where you have no choice but to be content, to be so lost in the here and now that your heart is full and satisfied? Focus is not about the WHAT but the WHY. Why do I attend cosmetology school for 11 hours 3 days a week alongside working?  Because the least I can with my passion is serve others, because I know without a doubt this is what God wants me to do, because in the depths of my soul I know there is nothing else I would rather do.... It is the why that wakes me up every morning and allows me to be GLAD for another beautiful day-because I know that it's all part of a grander purpose that will slowly come together.
     Lord knows, I'll need an extra dose of the aforementioned (hint: focus) coupled with four cups (per hour) of coffee this week as I'm packing, shopping, wrapping and mentally preparing for Seattle to go visit the boyfriend and family on Thursday, which I can not wait for! I hope everyone has an awesome week before Christmas!

Baking Christmas Party with some beautiful 

sista-friends

Trust in the Lord with all your heart;

      do not depend on your own understanding.

  Seek his will in all you do,

      and he will show you which path to take.

-Proverbs 3:5-6