Sometimes I wish that time would just stand still. Even as I take days off these days, I'm so aware that time is passing. There's so much I want to do! Responding to emails and practicing yoga and taking a walk and getting work done and calling my parents. Not to mention finding a job for after I graduate.
Somehow it seems I only have 2 modes these days- on, and off. Either I'm doing work or I'm just relaxing, resting, and shaking off the work. It's either because it's January or it's because there's so much going on in my head these days - between UNICEF and group members and econometrics homework and my thesis and job-hunting and where I'm going to live come August.
The thing that's REALLY helpful and always dawns on me when I lie awake unable to fall asleep (jet lag) is that all God wants from us is just to love. I don't know why everyone makes such a big deal about other religions. Isn't the point (for all of us, no matter who you are or where you live or what your traditions may be) to love your friends and your neighbors and your enemies as yourself? To love indiscriminately? Well, in spite of all the work stuff and job stuff and all the OTHER stuff we want to get done, that's not actually SO hard to do if it's the focus of all the moments of every day.
I do hope all that other stuff falls into place, but it's also really good to remember that none of it is actually the point.
