There is pleasure in the process.

What a difference 84 days makes.

I am learning to be content with the circumstances I have been given instead of waiting for them to change before I can be happy.

I am learning to worship my way through the things that come in between Sundays.

I am learning to embrace the revolution inside of me. Even when nobody is looking (which, I have found, is the hardest of all).

I am learning to find pleasure in the processes of life. God's promises can be found in the process and not at the end of it. Promises of perfect peace, guidance, clarity, prosperity, grace, and a limitless love.

And I am learning that all of these things are part of the setting that God has put me in. A setting that has taught me more in 84 days than I have learned in my twelve years of grade school.  This is right where God wants me to be.

It's all about perspective people.

And yes, these things are all in the present tense because they are in progress, and will most likely still be in progress 3 years from now.

Oh the places I've found

I have immensely enjoyed my time in Charlotte. I am slowly finding my favorite places to spend my time and the company in which I choose to keep. There has been much comfort to be found in the shadows of the city. 

The fall color palette here is amazing. If there was such thing as unlimited storage on an iPhone, I assure you that the majority of my camera roll would consist of random photos of the mounds of golden leaves that are gathered at the trunk of every tree. 

My new favorite spot for blog brainstorming is Not Just Coffee ( found in the 7th Street Public Market ). Between the industrialized decor and eclectic customers, there is an environment that inevitably encourages and sparks creativity. Which is exactly what I have needed. There is only so much creativity that can be found within the four, white, concrete walls of my dorm room. 

Meet LK. She's pretty great. 

I have a feeling that these tables will hold stories of late night coffee dates with people who are yet to be named and memories that are waiting to be created. And I just can't wait.