My brother gave me a beautiful
wood-wick candle for Christmas. I was saving it for my own home, so I put it away in a cabinet. But
since buying and inhabiting my own home seems like a far off dream at this point, I decided to
open it and light it. As the candle set there on the corner crackling
and burning, I thought, “I've decided to live
here. I'm settling."
I'm
settling on quite a few things in life right now because I refuse to
settle on other things for the long term. I'm settling on living at home with my parents because I
refuse to settle on buying a sub-par house, or buying a home that exceeds my budget. I'm settling on being single because I refuse to
settle on less than God's best in marriage. I'm settling on
suboptimal hand performance because I refuse to settle for more botox. I'm settling on staying in Arizona because I refuse to settle and believe that I've done all I can here.
Life is about decisions, and I've got to settle one way or another. So I'm settling on living out my life right here and right now, rather than reaching for things that aren't good for me.
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