It’s been like ten days.
Ten days since I did anything on this blog other than answer a few comments.
As much time and energy as I have put into this thing… At one point, being on the outside and looking in, you’d probably think the guy writing all this (me) didn’t have much of a life.
But I do.
I find myself busier than ever.
We are working hard in this rodeo they call real estate. Sometimes I feel more like the clown than I do the successful bull rider. But then again, it really doesn’t matter as long as I have the bull by the horns.
Yes, it’s a bad cliché. I have to own that one.
But truthfully? We are busy with the process of living. Instead of just reacting to life, we are grabbing the horns as hard as we can.
I want to live.
Not just exist.
I want to live.
So we work this real estate gig.
I write and seek places to speak and share.
Occasionally, I apply for a different kind of job.
But, we are busy.
In North Little Rock this Sunday.
The week after in Monroe, La.
Then the Tulsa workshop where I am blessed to speak three times.
And then the last Sunday of March we will be in Ridgeland, MS.
Did I mention I am writing? Yes! I wish I was working on book stuff, but I am staying busy trying to get lessons and sermons situated and done.
The book stuff will come–and it does in bits and spurts. The big deal with that situation is finding an editor who can work with me (translated: doesn’t cost an arm and a leg–I can afford a toe, but who’s counting?).
In the meantime, I want to live.
Not just exist.
I want to live.
My struggles with the difficulties of this world can be exacerbating at times–and that on a good day.
But, I want to live.
Not just exist.
I want to live.
And so, my focus can’t be on all the stuff and things that tend take up our time and attention.
Sure, some of it can be important and may have a needed bearing on where we go and what we do.
But not life.
No sir.
No ma’am.
I want to live.
Not just exist.
I want to live.
And to do that, it is all about relationships.
God, my family, friends, neighbors, co-workers… And even the guy at the Tamale shop next door.
Relationships are the stuff of life.
I want to live.
Not just exist.
I want to live.
My relationships are all a work in progress.
But I am working.
Forgive the mini-sermon, but you should be working on your relationships too. You never know when the time to do so will be no more!
Thanks for being in a relationship with me–even if it is just through the words of this blog. You have blessed me greatly.
Les Ferguson, Jr.
