Folks, I just don't know what to say. I was on a little roll there for a bit, gettin' comments and everything. That lasted didn't it? ha! So here are a few things I need to do soon enough...
Get serious about loosing weight and getting in better shape. I lost a few pounds a while back, but I've been slackin' here lately. I even bought a new bike a while back. Something's wrong with it now. I need to get it fixed and ride the thing. I need to walk more. And I hear fishing is good exercise. :)
Speaking of fishing, I need to be very intentional about going fishing on a regular basis here now that the weather is normal again. I need to go down the Sporting Tradition (Orvis dealer in Lexington - go if you haven't) and get some tippet material and eventually a new fly line. Just so you know, the kind of fishing I do IS good exercise. It does not involve sitting on the bank with a bobber in the water. What's that? I'm wading, walking, hiking for maybe a couple of miles and my legs and back are sore when I'm done.
Fishing again, sorry (wait, not I'm not), I need to tie flies more, like I used to. I sat yesterday and came up with some ideas for a Cicada pattern to tie. That should attract some hungry Smallmouth this Summer.
There are a couple of books I'd like to read. I actually started N.T. Wright's The Challenge of Jesus recently. Kyle, are you hearing this? It's slow going for me and Tom. I'm determined to get through it though. I've got a couple of other books lying around that I started and never finished. Rahner, Rahner (one from each, Karl and Hugo), and Nouwen. I'd like to get Pope Benedict's new book too. It'll be some kind of miracle if I read all those by Summer's end. Good Lord.
Start chillin' out more. I'm too tense. I worry about too many things. I'm far too concerned about what people think of me and what I think or do. I can do with some general type relaxation with no concerns that overwhelm my mind and heart. I'm not sure we're designed to go around overwhelmed like that all the time. I'm pretty sure it eats away at something good inside me. By God's Grace, I will begin this now.
"Then, if we cannot as yet think alike in all things, at least we may love alike. Herein we cannot possibly do amiss." John Wesley
"Keep your eyes on the crucifix, for Jesus without the cross
is a man without a mission, and the cross without Jesus
is a burden without a reliever." Fulton J. Sheen
"...I am deeply convinced that the Christian leader of the future is called to be
completely irrelevant and to stand in this world with nothing to offer but his or her own vulnerable self." Henri Nouwen
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