Life is Funny!

Life is a funny thing. I sit here at the computer, surrounding by sticky notes of "to do", important information, or random stuff that I thought of, but don't want to forget, and I think, "How overwhelming". Just a couple of day ago, when I ran for the HOA board and heard all the complaints, frustration and excitement from my fellow neighbors and I thought, "How intense". Then I think of a week ago when Nick and I traveled all night, through horrid construction and major fatigue, to get to La Grande at 5 in the morning, and I thought, "How rough!" Then I thought of that weekend when my mother was in the hospital, hooked up to IVs and with that glazed look of contentment and confusion that results from a shock to the body's system but a mask of pain killers and I thought, "How tough!" When looking back a full two weeks when the last days of school were crunching down, and I had, what it seemed, a thousand different responsibilities, events and students to organize, and I thought, "How insane!!!" Just looking back over two short weeks, the conflicts, challenges, storms and stress that came our way and now I look at life and think, "How constant". IT never slows down, it's one hill, obstacle, trail or stumbling block after another. I know it is all in how you look at things. Like in the picture above. You can look at this big, fat, man coming at you, scream and think, I am going to be squished! Dreading every bounce made towards you. OR you can laugh right out loud at the fact a big, fat, funny looking man is coming at you. Even if you fall, your fat too and will just bounce right back up again. I think instead of focusing on the scariness of the thing coming at you, one should focus on the strength and power that you possess as well, which is always equal to the task, greater when you lean on the Lord. When you see the full picture-knowing you are just as big and strong, then we can laugh and think, "How funny"! That's right...life is funny.