Life lately.

      Ever feel like you are standing still and life is moving right past you? Like everyone around you knows some secret about how to catch up with it, but you're left in the dark? I've been realizing more and more how fast time really does go by...I was stalking a few of my friends from High School last night on Facebook (what else do you do at 3am?), and felt like it was literally last week that we all graduated and were talking about starting college. Now, most of them are married, or will be in a few months, have "big people" jobs, and are leading lives that our parents are supposed to, not us, right? I ask myself all the time, "When did I get old?" And yes, at the ripe age of 22, I feel like I am nearing adulthood ever so quickly and there is nothing I can do to stop it. Every day I wake up, pretty much do the same thing, go to bed, and then start the routine over again the next day. Redundant doesn't even cover it. Where is the adventure, the danger of the life that I want to lead? Instead, I'm stuck in this town feeling like at any minute I could die from asphyxiation of the norm. My tombstone would literally read, "Herein lies Liz Breeden. Death by the daily drudge." Complacency and monotony creep up like a cancer that invades your cells quietly one day and then, before you know it, you're slowly (or maybe rapidly in some cases) dying a harsh death. But the thing about that kind of cancer is that, unlike say, lymphoma or breast cancer, it is 100% curable. It is hard work to rid your life and self of these things, but it can be done with the help of a Loving and Perfect Father who is anything but dull or stagnant. He is the antonym of anything lackluster and wants us to be too. Help me be more like you today, Jesus. Help me to live on the edge of the cliff, not comfortably ten-feet away. Actually, I'm going to jump off the cliff...just catch me when I do.