hello world, hope you're listening.

life is about the little things. a text waiting for you when you wake up. lunch with a family member. the perfect vanilla latte. an extra hour of sleep. buying something new. the song you need to hear playing on the radio. a great conversation with a friend. that perfect meal. an encouraging word. a good grade on a test. a great run on a beautiful day. a friendly smile from a stranger... the little things get you through the day. big things don't happen very happen, but little things do - they happen every day. you just have to open your eyes and see them, and recognize them for what they are - pieces of hope in the midst of chaos. a shred of light in a darkened world. a reminder from God, as if to say, "I'm right here. You're going to make it through this day. I'm thinking of you. Do you see me?" each day we encounter is full of reminders of God's love and the blessings He chooses to give us. we don't deserve it. but, that is the beauty of it all. we don't deserve it, and God gives it anyway. unconditional love. constant reminders that He is never far away... our lives are like books. pages have been written. we have chosen to scribble things out in hopes of not returning, or remembering, but they are still there beneath the surface. we have regrets. we have memories. we have moments of happiness and sadness. we have the climaxes and the filler pages. but God is in every page, whether or not we failed to see it. He was always there. He is here. He will always be here. the rest of our lives are open like blank pages before us. so, do we continue to write each page letting God float in the background or do we write Him in ourselves? consciously make Him a part of our future. desire to see Him in the pages yet to be written. life is beautiful. but it becomes extraordinary when we see things as God sees them. delight in the little things. smile for no reason. recognize unconditional love and do our best to love the world just the same. we will fail, because we're human... but we can try. love the world as God loves us. do something "little" for someone else. it might make the biggest difference.