life lately

Life lately has been busy but good. I should have posted a long time ago, but have kind of been holding off because I was waiting for a good pic of my new haircut. Alas, I settled for one of those hold the camera out in front of you so you look a little weird and not your best pictures. But, maybe it will kind of get the jist. Hopefully I will get a good one up this weekend when my dear husband will be around to take it.

Anyways, life is good. I really like working in Acute care. I love the "medicalness" of the patients, as all of them are in the hospital for some medical reason or another. My job as a PT in this setting is to assess their mobility, assess where they should be discharged to, and help them meet their goals to go home or to another facility. It is great to get home at the end of the day and have energy to do other things, even if my body is tired from running all over the 10 floors of hospital. It is just nice to see myself in a setting that I feel like I could work in and really enjoy.

Another thing I have been thinking, pondering lately (similar to other thinkings and ponderings I have) are how juxtaposed my desires are. On one hand I want to fight injustice and live simply and serve God whole heartedly. However, I find myself being jealous of those who have more than me or wanting things I don't need or being wasteful or turning to myself of others for strength. It is strange to me that I have this battle constantly going on in my mind. I know this is the fate of the Christian to live with Spirit battling flesh. I just long for my thoughts to become actions and for doing the right thing to become more natural. I want to not want material things. But I do. I don't know how much wanting is okay. Is it okay to want things you don't need? Is it okay to ask for things you don't need? I'm not sure and I'm wrestling through this. God give me your wisdom.