And now I am experiencing being spoiled with newness. Everyone should have the chance to be spoiled with newness often in their life. It's amazing. Every day seems to greet me with open spoiling arms. For someone that is not accustomed to a desert thunderstorm, hearing crickets in the night or having a massive 18 wheeler pass you on the freeway (or drive on a freeway for that matter), just about everything thrills me. I keep thinking to myself : "I don't ever want this newness to end. I don't want the complacent, same old, same old every day life." Nobody in their right mind would want that. Right?
Once it was the sound of the wind that woke me up in the morning, now it is the sound of horses. I used to take sunday walks through lava and moss. Now it is through sand and sagebrush. I don't know what homecoming is, or a crockpot. And when I smell a skunk, I'm sure it will awaken my senses with the same thrill as smelling gas in my kitchen for the first time. Yes, I did freak out at first, but then my brain wrapped itself around the newness and that thrill I talked about, sept over me.
Somehow it makes me feel alive. Awake! I didn't think I was that kind of person that would venture outside my comfort zone and enjoy it so much.
It was at church last Sunday that I caught myself thinking "Hey, someone is sitting on our bench." Then it hit me! I'm settling in. Getting comfortable and complacent. It's too soon. I'm not ready for that. Next Sunday - new bench.
Lee Ann Womack - I hope you dance -
