there's something about a change in scenary that allows me to get perspective on my life. being back in ohio and things being very mellow i've been able to look at my experiences on the outer banks and make some sort of sense of them. i will always welcome an opportunity to be refreshed and for passions to be re-ignited.

it also helps when you are 15,000+ feet in the air to gain some perspective on one's life. you realize what really matters...and what really doesn't. we're all just specks...if that..and yet God is completely relentlessly in love with us. being up so high and seeing teeny little houses i thought to myself, man, all that stuff we feel like we need is nothing. nothing...at all. the past few days it's been running circles in my brain. i've been looking through all the junk that's been left behind here since i moved to the obx. there's a lot that needs to just go. whether it's to someone who could really use it more than me or to the dump...it just needs to go. i've managed to survive this long without any of it. granted there's a good deal of things i'll probably keep because of sentimental reasons but honestly, i don't need any of the junk that i've got.

i hate that i've got debt because i feel like i can't give as much because of it. for instance, if i acquire a certain amount of money do i give it to my debt or do i give it to someone else who needs help?

i think i'll leave that question for you all to mull over. feel free to leave opinions if you have some.