Comments on: Here you go, Hope… http://www.abbyeprinty.com/2007/11/05/here-you-go-hope/ Inside Abbye's Brain... don't be scared... Fri, 04 Feb 2011 03:14:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: n8scorner http://www.abbyeprinty.com/2007/11/05/here-you-go-hope/comment-page-1/#comment-203 n8scorner Wed, 07 Nov 2007 02:06:24 +0000 http://abbyeprinty.wordpress.com/2007/11/05/here-you-go-hope/#comment-203 Your blog has been an inspiration. I've decided to follow suit. Check it out and let me know what you think! Your blog has been an inspiration. I’ve decided to follow suit. Check it out and let me know what you think!

]]> By: Austin http://www.abbyeprinty.com/2007/11/05/here-you-go-hope/comment-page-1/#comment-202 Austin Tue, 06 Nov 2007 06:21:26 +0000 http://abbyeprinty.wordpress.com/2007/11/05/here-you-go-hope/#comment-202 Except the parts about the snow machine, baby and the geese, I have been feeling much the same way. I, too have been questioning my impact on others, how I stress out and miss opportunities to really appreciate the awesome people I am surrounded by. I have had a strong desire for more quality out of each day of my life. Let me jump on my soapbox... There seems to be this misuse of the word LIFE. Busy-ness and exhaustion are antithetical to what life should be. When our schedule is too tight for unplanned conversations, home cooked meals or random acts of kindness, we miss out on so many opportunities God is placing before us. When we spend a whole day without even noticing and enjoying the amazing natural world God gave us, we are not living. When text messaging and email replaces face to face interaction and we are incapable of creating a sanctuary without constant interruption, we deprive ourselves of life essentials. Recently I have prioritized taking time to nurture friendships that have distanced over time and begun to cultivate new ones. It has been so refreshing and so revealing to what I have missed. I am learning to take in each moment and trust that God will help me get it all done. Maybe I need to become a blogger so I won't write so much on yours, but then I would have to spend more time inside, and you know I hate that. By the way, you inspire me and I know I'm not alone. Except the parts about the snow machine, baby and the geese, I have been feeling much the same way. I, too have been questioning my impact on others, how I stress out and miss opportunities to really appreciate the awesome people I am surrounded by. I have had a strong desire for more quality out of each day of my life.
Let me jump on my soapbox…
There seems to be this misuse of the word LIFE. Busy-ness and exhaustion are antithetical to what life should be. When our schedule is too tight for unplanned conversations, home cooked meals or random acts of kindness, we miss out on so many opportunities God is placing before us. When we spend a whole day without even noticing and enjoying the amazing natural world God gave us, we are not living. When text messaging and email replaces face to face interaction and we are incapable of creating a sanctuary without constant interruption, we deprive ourselves of life essentials.
Recently I have prioritized taking time to nurture friendships that have distanced over time and begun to cultivate new ones. It has been so refreshing and so revealing to what I have missed. I am learning to take in each moment and trust that God will help me get it all done.

Maybe I need to become a blogger so I won’t write so much on yours, but then I would have to spend more time inside, and you know I hate that.

By the way, you inspire me and I know I’m not alone.

]]> By: Matthew http://www.abbyeprinty.com/2007/11/05/here-you-go-hope/comment-page-1/#comment-201 Matthew Tue, 06 Nov 2007 03:32:08 +0000 http://abbyeprinty.wordpress.com/2007/11/05/here-you-go-hope/#comment-201 I freakin' love your honesty!!!! I freakin’ love your honesty!!!!

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