Input. Super challenged by this word lately. And if I'm honest I have been for a while. I know I'm "eating" junk and I know it takes more time to invest in "home cooked" meals...but really it's not about what is easy. It never is. It's about how you feel after you eat junk vs. after you eat a home cooked meal. That's what makes you decide it's worth it to do what is hard but worth it.
So...I'm listening to more podcasts. I'm clicking on social media a little less. I'm just sitting still when I have a moment to spare. Yep really I am. I'm reading a book after school when I get home and turning on the fireplace and drinking tea. I'm taking a nap. I'm watching movies. I'm reading blogs. I'm spending the first minutes of my drive everyday in prayer. I'm not thinking "must be nice" when I see other people's lives but instead being inspired that I can choose to make those things happen in my life too. I'm going to the gym and taking time to develop my "little muscles".
The thing about input is this. It's a choice.
We think we have no time but we have more than ever. We think we have to consume but we don't. We can be in a place where we choose what we input into our lives. We can stop buying, eating, listening, reading crap. We can go back to whole food input in all of our lives. It just means we might have to be a little more patient, a little less reactive, and a lot more honest. But who doesn't want that?
So...here's to choosing to input life into our lives rather than junk. And the first thing I need to input is more sunshine. Literally. Time to start walking more. Outside. Because nobody is going to do if for me.
And on that note it's time to input connection to others as well. Because saying "I never see you anymore or I haven't seen you in forever" isn't the interaction I want to have with people.
Bottom line. Listen. Sunshine. Connect. Go.
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