Some days ...

the hardest thing is just to keep going to the next.  Luckily the "next" is Friday.

I remember talking to a more seasoned campus minister one day and asked her about how she did something (I don't remember the question).  But her advice has stuck with me.  "You just do today.  Even the thought of brushing my teeth every day for the rest of my life can be overwhelming."

And really ... the idea of doing today is all over scripture.  God provided manna for ONE day ... so they would go back to them another day.  He tells us to not worry about tomorrow.  Anything more is just too much.

I remember on August 18 how daunting 180 days seemed.  And now, mere weeks from the end of that, it seems less so.  But still ...those remaining days are tough.  I'm tired.  The temptation is there to throw in the towel and quit trying to make a difference and quit trying to do things well ... and coast.

I think I've already figured out that I am a good starter ... not a great finisher.  I'm honestly surprised I've made it over a week in this blogging thing ... and over two in the running thing ...

But sometimes life's greatest successes are not just finishing, but finishing well.   I'm trying to do that with running.  It is soooo easy to just get something done to mark it off the list, when sometimes, we need to not just mark it off, but do it well.  I am at the end of my time with these kiddos ... that makes it more important, not just to finish, but to finish well, to speak kind words, to instill hope, to listen, to encourage, to help, to care ... even when I'm tired, discouraged, and did I say, tired?

SO ... I'd like to keep caring.  Keep trying.  Keep making cupcakes and making "deals" ... keep finding a way to make me better, a way to make them better.  But I think, first, I'd like to just take a nap.  :-)