School starts in three weeks for us and fall is on its way. We did a little school shopping last week. Shirts are pretty easy to buy early on but because these guys are growing like weeds every day, we waited to buy pants until now and we will wait even longer to buy shoes, like 10 minutes before they actually put them on and head out the door.
The theme is always the same - maybe a little variation but not much. Back to the basics and I think we humans need that reminder for life too. We all get caught up in life and forget that that life we are so desperately chasing is built on more than a few building blocks.
That is why a few things in the news have made me crazy lately. Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie accepting $14 million dollars from People magazine for pictures of their twins. It is not about them donating it to charity, it is about raising the bar so incredibly high for an inappropriate value. Not much of sports girl but I felt the same way last week when Brett Farve was offered $20 million dollars - not to play. It is like paying farmers not to grow crops. Now with Ethanol taking food out of our mouths, it seems like we have forgotten all about back to basics.
We each have to walk the journey we have been given. Tomorrow Steven Curtis and Mary Beth Chapman will be on GMA to tell their Story and share their faith with the world. On Thursday, they will be on Larry King to share again. I would imagine that since they lost Maria and help Will Franklin that they started their own personal Back to Basics tour the fateful day back in May.
For me, going Back is always a way to regroup and refresh. What is working and what is not. Where am I relying on too much or too little. What do I know to be true and do I still know it. Maybe a little hopscotch might clear my head - might just give that a try...
