I Talk A Lot

My friend Jay told me last week that I talk a lot. I suppose it's true. I just wonder if I really have that much to say, or maybe anything that is worth saying?

I haven't talked a lot on here, lately, though, and I regret that. This blog kind of allows me to follow my spiritual journey and to see what God was teaching me and showing me at certain points of my life. I've taken a hiatus, and I don't think I recorded those things anywhere else. It's almost as if I've lost a year of my life. I know that's not true. Great things have happened in the past year. I bought a house! I won awards. I taught an amazing group of students at church. I taught an amazing group of students at school. I co-wrote and directed two children's choir musicals that did more than just entertained. I wrote a song for my sister's wedding. I did a lot.

I do a lot. I talk a lot. I think a lot. And lately, the hiatus has been more than just from blogging. It's been from doing worthwhile things. I've taken a hiatus from saying worthwhile things. I've taken a hiatus from thinking about the future. I spend a lot of time in my thoughts in some kind of suspended reality, a reality that will never happen, a reality that I don't have to be afraid of because the chances of it coming to fruition are slim to none.

I want to talk less and think more. I want to talk more about things that matter, things that make a difference rather than complain or argue. I want to do less but do more things that matter. I want to think on things that matter and let those thoughts turn into words and those words turn into action.

Working in higher education, I tend to evaluate things, my life included, on an academic calendar. So I as I approach summer, a time when I can rejuvinate myself and set goals for the upcoming year, I am choosing to use the following plan to assess my spiritual, personal, and professional growth.

Think, Talk, Do

THINK:
Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things. Philippians 4:8

TALK:
Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen. Ephesians 4:29

DO:
But whoever looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues in it—not forgetting what they have heard, but doing it—they will be blessed in what they do. James 1:25