Meetings, Pop Cans, Errands, Receipts, and Dirty Dishes

This past week was spent running from one thing to the next. It was one of those weeks where I felt like I could hardly slow down to catch my breath. I worked close to 45 hours between my two jobs and I was dog sitting in the town next door. Life became a race of trying to get from one thing to the next. I hope this isn't a foreshadowing of what's to come. I pray I find time to enjoy the moments of life.

There is this book that I have great intentions of reading along with many others. It is "Cold Tangerines" by Shauna Niequist. On the back of the book she writes as follows:

"I want a life that sizzles and pops and makes me laugh out loud. And I don't want to get to the end, or to tomorrow, even, and realize that my life is a collection of meetings and pop cans and errands and receipts and dirty dishes. I want to eat cold tangerines and sing out loud in the car with the windows open and wear pink shoes and stay up all night laughing and paint my walls the exact color of the sky right now. I want to sleep hard on clean white sheets and throw parties and eat ripe tomatoes and read books so good they make me jump up and down, and I want my everyday to make God belly laugh, glad that He gave life to someone who loves the gift."

I want my life to be like this. Lord, help me not to miss out on the little moments in life.