Thursday, April 12, 2007

Greetings - la dolce vita remembered!


Greetings, friends! I have a request for your continued patience as I explore some new computer technologies: a website, a photoshop, and maybe a multimedia project.

I am also currently reading several books, which include John Ortberg's If You Want to Walk on Water, You've Got to Get out of the Boat, Frances Mayes' A Year in the World, and a Nicholas Sparks' book that I started at the beach a few weeks ago and haven't finished yet.

This is a photo of me relaxing in Italy last May, enjoying la dolce vita at a Tuscan villa. Memories of my visit there continue to enrich my heart and mind almost a year later.

Part of Mayes' book and Ortberg's is an encouragement to LIVE NOW and not get reduced to merely existing and surviving.

I want this to be true in every area of my life: my marriage, my family, my spiritual life, my scholarship/teaching, everything. It does mean choosing some things over others, so I am seeking to make the best choices--the ones that will be sweet today and even sweeter tomorrow.

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