board of directors

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everyone needs one. call it what you wish. but everyone needs one. one what, you may ask? a group of individuals who are in your world. who know you. who speak Truth into your life. who challenge you. who encourage you. who dream big dreams with and for you.

recently my roomie Becca also posted about this same topic on her blog. she just chose to call it a "tribe," whereas i call it my board of directors (all thanks to Trish Helsel's influence in my life).

i have been incredibly blessed to have a solid core of people around me for the past 5 years in particular. much credit to the Lord for using Kanakuk as a means for our lives to collide and friendships to grow. [side note: if i had $1 for every time i felt a twinge of gratitude for the K-world and everything it entails, i'd never work another day.]

i'd also love to build a city and have each of my BODs live there. we'd all be neighbors. and it would be awesome. i wouldn't be able to walk to the mailbox without being convicted and challenged about some part of my life. who i am today is due in large part to their willingness to offend me and put me in my place from time to time. their unconditional love and support is priceless to me and i'm incredibly blessed to have each one of them in my life.

"as iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another."

-proverbs 27:17

"that is, that you and i may be mutually encouraged by each other's faith." -romans 1:12

live unashamedly :: laugh uncontrollably :: love unconditionally.

blank slate & goals to fill it

well folks, it's that time of year. time for everyone to evaluate the one we just finished and set goals for the one ahead. some call them resolutions. i call mine goals. goals that are challenging, but not impossible. goals that are attainable. goals that i will hold myself accountable to achieving throughout the year. i feel like resolutions are dropped in February. but goals endure until December (and beyond). so...drumroll please...here's my list:

• i will regularly take time to reflect and be still 
• i will keep the Lord first and foremost in all i do. every decision i make and every action i take will be to know Him more and to make Him known
• i will prioritize & pursue the essential by learning to say "no" to everything else. i will create space in my life
• i will read 24 books just for fun
• i will write one letter/note/card each week. i'm passing on the snail mail love
• i will cross more states off my hit list
• i will purposely get myself out of my comfort zone
• i will be quicker to listen and slower to speak
• i will take better care of my body by getting more sleep and eating a healthier diet
• i will commit to becoming a real, live, tried and true runner instead of just reading the magazine
• i will find more ways to give...of my time, my stuff, my money, and myself
• i will forgive myself and others
• i will stop biting my nails and fingers (mom, you should too!)
• i will continue to re-evaluate and add more goals

here's to 365 days of discipline starting today!

bekah

live unashamedly. laugh uncontrollably. love unconditionally.