Front Porch Sunny Sunday Realizations

Another Sunday on the porch. I was out here talking to God earlier, then Lena came out and I talked awhile to her about topics in my conversation with God. Now I am writing this blog and planning a visit to a coffee shop later where I can connect to wi-fi and put this online.

I am thankful for hot coffee, for Lena, for my pets and for my friends. I am thankful also for my job, where I am a quarter of the way into my 5th year there. 

This is the longest I have ever stayed at one job in my life and I am so glad to have stuck it out. Before, I left jobs when I was angry, or frustrated, or when I didn't like my boss, etc etc. On my current job, I have experienced all those same feelings and scenarios but have hung in there like a good soldier and found the GOOD lying on the other side of all that. 

For the first time, I have worked in one place long enough to have made FRIENDS and to actually feel a part of things. I transitioned from being the quiet newbie to being one of the group and someone others expect to see there. And now, I still get frustrated and mad at my boss, etcetera, but my desire to stay at this job and stay a part of this group of which I now feel a part... overrides that... supersedes that... and I stay more for that reason than for any other. I feel blessed, and feel that I am to stay put. So, "put" I shall stay.

Lena and I are out here on the porch because the sunshine is so much warmer than inside our minimally-insulated circa-1940's house. No central heat or a/c; just one window unit in the wall in our long, wide and 15' high living/dining area and one unit in the wall in the bedroom. So, right now it's warmer outside than in... and, in the summer months, this Louisiana heat is just too hot to handle inside OR out. Last summer, we holed up in the bedroom, cranked the a/c and watched tons of movies. We really should move. I just love this house so much; it's oldness, its location, the reasonable rent... but, practically speaking, we should move before summer.

So, the Nicole that now enjoys stability so much is having to admit that, sometimes, change is necessary and even good. And life keeps on rollin'... ☺️

Here is a somewhat-applicable scripture I read this morning:

"As long as the earth remains, there will be planting and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night."  -Genesis 8:22