birds.

yesterday, i was sitting on the russell house porch swing, waiting for people to come for the weekly prayer thing for cru. it had torrentially poured the night before. but it was warm(ish) and i was in the sun and there werent many clouds out. and the birds were singing. it was wonderful. it was still pretty cool outside, especially since the wind was blowing. but those birds made things nice. i didn't so much as notice the coldness, but the beautiful sun and sky. and the happy birds that had to get wet and cold the night before but rejoiced in the warm sunshine of the new day. shouldn't we all be like that? the simple pleasure of having warm sunshine after a storm enough to make us sing out? i wanna be like that. even with crap going on, many of it battles inside of me, i want to find the joys in the small things and sing out about them. not focus on the negatives, not try to think ahead to the future which is out of my control, not interpret things to be more than they are. but focus on the small beautiful things. like the way the sky looks. the crisp air and wind. focus on God and the amazing things He has, is and will do. when we focus our lives on Him, everything else just seems to fall into place and i at least just seem to be happier. its hard to notice the mud you're standing in when you're looking up at the beautiful sky.