Straight or Curly?

Hello Hatters,

I recently looked at some pictures in an album. I didn't use my phone, a laptop or a tablet but an actual album. Remember those big and clunky books with peel back pages? I used to spend countless hours capturing memories with actual pictures.

I noticed my hair. Wow! I've had it straight, curly, long, and short. Fashions come and go and I never really worried about the latest fad. But it occurred to me that I am never satisfied with the status quo. Is it that I easily get bored? Is changing my hair like a symptom of something deeper?

I'm not sure we'll discover the entire answer here but it's worth considering. Is it an issue of boredom versus contentment?

I do like change. I like a change of scenery and I like to try new foods. At work, I try new methods, new techniques. I like new books. I certainly like a change in wardrobe! Who doesn't enjoy a great shopping spree?

It makes me think about the things in which I don't like change. I'm thinking.....

Really, I'm thinking hard.

Ah, I've found it. I have an everlasting God who never changes. I know He loves me and He loves you. I have family and friends that stay the course with me and me with them. So, my unchanging heart will remain in relationships. I don't want to trade them out for someone new. Oh don't get me wrong, I like new friendships but I won't exchange them for the tried and true family and friends. We walk our journeys together whether happy, sappy or crabby.

My only other thought this morning is that sometimes relationships hurt. I'm talking about abuse. No one should put up with that behavior. Boundaries are necessary and healthy. This is my exception, a recent change for me. (...I just had to use that word, change, one more time!)

Back to the steadfast and blessed family and friendships... If I'm lucky enough to have found you, you're a keeper (as my fishing hubby would say). Or maybe you found me. In any case, I wouldn't trade you out for anything. Honestly, I know you wouldn't trade me out either. Real caring relationships are worth the investment and the contentment.

And what is contentment, if not love?

Hugzzzzzzzzzzzzz,

MT