Peace, Love, and Becky: Change

I am such a planner! I like to have everything planned out months ahead of time just so that I can go through life knowing what is ahead of me. Some like change, I loathe it. Some like spontaneity, I fear it. I crave planning, mapping, listing, and organizing my life because it keeps me comfortable and safe. This is an area that my boyfriend and I couldn't be more different in. He lives for spur of the moment excitement and that kind of excitement scares me. I know I inherited this trait from my mother, and bless her heart I am glad that I am the way I am. But sometimes, it would be nice just to be able to up and leave for a weekend, with no destination in mind. It would be nice to wake up in the morning and decide to call an old friend whom I haven't seen or talked to in weeks, months, or even years and decide to meet up for lunch. It would also be nice to open myself up a bit to new things..new places, people, and even food. I'm the kind of person that finds something I like and never strays from it. I mean, why change what I already know is good, right? Well maybe..but lately I've just felt like God is challenging me to push myself to live in the here and now. I came across this quote this afternoon, which prompted me to just spill my brains in my blog.

"Change is the essence of life. Be willing to surrender what you are for what you could become."

I don't know who said it, but I like it. It kind of scares me, and I think that's what I like about it. I live in this little bubble of a world that I am so comfortable in and so afraid to leave. I love the few meaningful people that are in my life, and where my life is going in the future. I just feel like it's time for me to make myself willing to surrender what I am and what I know, for what I could become.

Sidenote: I haven't posted any pictures for awhile, so here's what I've been up to as of lately.

Some call it work, I call it play :)