Five Minute Friday- Unite

Five Minute Friday-- write for five minutes on the word prompt.  This week's word:

 

Unite

I immediately thought of the church and honestly didn’t feel like going down that path.  The next thought I had was of this clean-eating and exercise challenge I am about to begin.   I had the opportunity to do this before and couldn’t commit to it.   I did an elimination diet and went it alone and it was SO difficult.  But now, I am doing this challenge with some of my closest friends and my husband.  We are going to hold each other accountable and cheer each other on.  We are in this together.  United for our health.  I have a feeling I am going to be much more successful this time around because I’m not going it alone.  I am united with friends—we care about ourselves and each other and will make sure we are all staying on track.  This week may be extreme, but it will give me the kickstart I need to steer me on the healthy path I should be following.  I will be much more likely to choose an apple over a cookie and exercise over sitting on the couch when I know there are others caring about my health instead of just myself.  Let’s all be united for the common good and hold each other accountable in love. 

 

My five minutes is up J  What are your thoughts on “united?”  How do you stay healthy and active?

Five Minute Friday-- EASY

Getting back into the Five Minute Friday-- follow the writing prompt and free write for 5 minutes, no editing, just writing, just five minutes.  Just like this week's word: EASY.

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Isn’t it easy how instantly you can fall right back into a rhythm with someone you haven’t seen in a while?  I am always amazed when I see an old friend and it’s like a day hasn’t passed.  A few years ago I reconnected with my friend Dana.  It had been nearly 10 years since we hung out and the day was effortless.  It felt like we were our 16-year old selves again --older, wiser, but still our silly selves.  It was beautiful to spend that time together and if we were to get together again I know it would be the same.  The same is true with my friend Kelsey.  We’ve been friends all our lives.  We grew up seeing each other once a week at church.  Now we see each other a couple times a year when our crazy schedules allow and seriously, it’s like a conversation that just picks up where we last left off.  Completely comfortable, familiar, we could finish each other sentences.  Time apart doesn’t matter or hurt our friendship, it’s always been kind of built into it.  Yesterday two of my dear, dear friends from seminary came over.  One I see every few months, the other I’ve only seen a handful of times since we graduated four years ago.  My heart was SINGING being together again with them.  It was as the prompt says, “easy” but more than that, it was HEALING.   Do you have friends who it is easy to be around no matter how much time has passed?  I hope you do.  I am so thankful for mine. 

 

Five Minute Friday (or Sunday): WHOLE

On my old blog, I used to participate in Lisa Jo Baker's five minute Friday posts.  She would give a prompt word and then we would free write, no editing, just writing for five minutes.  She passed this baton onto Kate Motaung since then. Friday's word was WHOLE.

WHOLE

Whole is being one with nature.  Whole is understanding your place and living full into it.  Whole is finding healing and forgiveness (and being able to forgive).  Wholeness is a journey which we are never finished.  It is not something that we one day achieve and then can coast from here on out.  It is something to maintain with vigilant self-care.  It isn't easy to find wholeness in this world.  It takes diligence in caring for mind-body-soul.  ALL THREE.  We can't skimp in any department because then it wouldn't truly be WHOLENESS.  It would be part-ness.  I've been on a journey toward wholeness for a long time.  I haven't achieved it yet.  Everyday I come closer (and some days farther away). But I don't give up.  I know it's possible to achieve it and so I never give up hope.  

There is wholeness for you.  There is wholeness for me.   And I'm not sure if we can achieve it individually.  Can we truly be whole apart from each other-- or without one another?  Can I truly be whole if my neighbor is not?   That is something to ponder for another day because my five minutes are up. 

What are your thoughts on wholeness?