Promoting Challenges

So, hello. While I continue to be slammed in the busyness compartment, I just have to tell you a story... 

Last Friday I woke up tired and a little disgruntled as I over-slept my alarm AGAIN. And of course this left me pressed for time and in no mood to go to work to greet my never-ending To-Do List that multiplies by exponential numbers every day. Alas, I got my butt into gear and ran out the door just in time to catch my bus and make it into work on time. Way to go Me.

After pumping myself up to T.I's Whatever You Like on my iPod, I get to work and settle in to the overwhelming amount of emails in my inbox (I mean come on people! It's eight in the morning! Why do I have SO many emails already??).

Then, my phone rings. I see on my caller ID that it is Mr. CEO. I get a little nervous. I answer.

"Dawn. 'Mr. CEO' here. Can you come down to my office?"

"*#*$&!!" (first initial thought). "Dawn don't swear!" (second thought).

So, I walk down to his office trying to rack my brain about what I did wrong. I can't think of a thing, which makes me even more nervous! You see, here's the thing... I work with Mr. CEO a lot. I have developed a pretty good working relationship with him. I'm comfortable being myself, offering my opinions when appropriate and sticking up for what I believe in. The thing is, whenever Mr. CEO has needed to talk to me one-on-one, he has always made the trek down to my office. He has come to me. But last Friday, he asked me to go to him. Again I ask, what did I do wrong?!

I get to his office and he asks me to sit down at his conference table. I sit. He shuts the door.

"*$&W*!!"

"Dawn stop swearing!!"

"Am I getting fired? Laid off?!"

Mr. CEO reaches for a folder, and takes out an envelop and a piece of paper. My life flashes before my eyes.

And then he begins... "Dawn, you've been doing an exceptional job around here and I like to reward those who step up to challenges."

Are you serious?!! Relief flows from my brain to my toes as I begin processing the words that are coming out of his mouth. Oh my gosh. I didn't do anything wrong... I'm doing something right?!

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To make what could be a long and drawn out story short, last Friday I received a promotion. And gosh does it feel good! 

Thank you Mr. CEO for giving me opportunities and challenges that most people my age would NEVER encounter. Thank you for giving me a chance to do something bigger than I ever imagined I could. 

And gosh. Am I succeeding at this thing called life? Maybe in at least this one area... 

Absently Flying By

So...its been a while since I've posted anything...

This absence has been caused by two main things...

• Busyness like you've never known busy before... 
• And a lack of amazingly awesome ideas to write about... or maybe a realization that some things I write about are dumb...

In any case, I feel compelled to write something. So I guess here you go. This is it. And yes...maybe this is dumb...

PS: I really am super busy right now though. Let's just say that yesterday I got home from work at 6pm...ate dinner in like fifteen minutes...and continued working until about 10pm. 

And then I went to sleep.

Sometimes you just gotta...

DANCE!

That's right! Sometimes when you're feeling tired, feeling energized, feeling drained, feeling happy, feeling crazy, feeling that you just have to do something.... in all these times... sometimes you just have to dance :)

And that's exactly what my roommate and I did last night in our living room. It was 10PM and all the world around us seemed to be going to bed. But we couldn't ignore the calling to let loose... it was a requirement of last night's need to just simply be. 

And so we danced... for like an hour... in our living room.... with no inhibitions. And can I just say that we are talking like full force dancing - the type of dancing where you just move your body while not caring one bit whether it looks cool or whatever. All you care about is the fact that you are moving with the beat... no... you are the beat and so you move simply because you must. There's no way to stop it. And it is amazing!!

Anyway... we've decided that spontaneous dance parties are what make this world complete :) Without them, life would be awfully boring :) We've also decided that we need to work on creating an amazing dance party playlist... so if anyone has any good ideas on songs that are amazing to dance to... PLEASE let me know.

Because I can sincerely say, that last night's dance party won't be the last... it was the beginning of a really great thing... :)

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Sidenote... here's another testament that sometimes people just HAVE to dance... check this out...  Funk Blast ... these are some of my crazy friends... thank you YouTube!

Let Us Not Forget...

Let us remember the responsibility we have to pray for our leaders. Regardless of our happiness or disappointments - we need to pray.

And let us remember to pray for our fellow Americans - that they may find complete freedom, peace and hope - not from a leader or promises - but from the only Savior who has ever walked this Earth... without Him we will ALL continue to thirst for solutions to our plight that we will never find.

Lastly, let us look at this time in history as an opportunity - an opportunity to seek Jesus, ask for intercession on behalf of our leaders and the American people, and watch as Jesus works despite the sin in ALL our lives. Let us not be discouraged, but take up hope in the one who knows all, sees all, and works in the way He has planned from the beginning of time. Let us also remember that every day this world moves toward the time when Jesus will return. This is not our home... we are merely ambassadors of His grace and Love. Now is the time to take our role seriously - for Jesus continues to work regardless of our own inequities. So, let's let Him.

There's definite hope in that.

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Also, check out this article by Pastor Mark Discoll... it is pretty interesting.

http://www.theresurgence.com/in_god_we_do_not_trust

Imploring Votation Skills

"It may be that our means are fairly limited and our possibilities restricted when it comes to applying pressure on our government. But is this a reason to do nothing? Despair is nor an answer. Neither is resignation. Resignation only leads to indifference, which is not merely a sin but a punishment." Elie Wiesel

We need to vote people! This is big stuff!

Fun fun fun

It is Halloween and I'm very excited.

All of my roommates (+ 2 cool guys) are all planning on dressing up as Office characters... I am either going to be Pam or Kelly.... still deciding. It is going to be a fun night to say the least ;)

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Also - just want to give a shout out to my most amazing roommates! You guys are the greatest!!!! I seriously am SO incredibly blessed to have roommates like you guys! (Especially when you bring me coffee from starbucks in the morning when I'm getting ready... THANK YOU STACE!!!)

A Bus Lesson

Walk on the bus... look around...

Men and women 

sitting, 

staring, 

sleeping, 

listening to an iPod, 

reading a book,

dressed in work attire, ready for the day?

But who are they? What are their stories? Are their lives currently filled with joy or with pain? Do they have someone to go home to? Do they feel lonely or loved?

Everyone has a story to share. Wouldn't it be cool if we each had our own life story teller that followed us, writing our experiences down as we lived them? It would be an ongoing process - but we could stop every once in a while and flip back the story and read. Wouldn't it help us to remember where we've been... and remind us where we are going?

I wonder what the stories are of the strangers I see every day. 

And I wonder if mine will ever make an impact... or where I will end up.

But you can't read the final yet... its still in its creative process of discovery.

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PS: Isn't it frustrating when you over-react about something? You just end up worrying about something that isn't worth putting energy toward. Its dumb.