Ever received a communication (email, text, phone call, handwritten note, etc) from someone for no reason at all except they just wanted you to know they were thinking of you? How did it make you feel? When I get those "out of the blue" communications from people I feel embraced. It feels nice that someone somewhere is thinking about me in a nice way - haha! I'm sure people think about me, I'm not sure it's always in positive ways. (Just being real people, I am NOT easy to live with.) A while back I was studying in the book of Philippians and in chapter one, verse three I paused. It says, "Whenever you cross my mind, I thank my God for you and for the gift of knowing you." And I got to thinking that my relationships might change, for the better, when I am intentional in reaching out and just saying "hey" when someone crosses my mind. Just to let them know I thought of them, maybe prayed for them, etc. I know how grateful I feel when I get a reach out like that so I can only imagine others may feel the same way.
I've been thinking about it for over a month. Usually, when I'm in it I'm engaged. But this time? I started it indifferent and I've felt indifferent all along. I should have never started. Hindsight is 20/20 they say and they aren't wrong. So when I opened my eyes this morning it was clear. It's time. Time to quit this 365. This is the first 365 that I haven't posted several of the days, the first 365 that I wasn't super excited about, the first 365 that I've quit. I've changed my social media presence and interactions the past year so this is also the first 365 that hardly anyone has been interested in. Is it the topic or my decision to not be as accessible on social media? Or is it some other reason altogether? Well, regardless...I'm throwing in the towel on this one. I can't say if I'll ever do another 365 again. Time will tell and I will know if and when it's time.
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