Today, church was just fun. It was just fun! I don't know what the difference was. I think I'm just learning to go with the flow without stressing. Like, Tee needed a ride today & usually it hecka bugs me when people wait for the last minute to ask for a ride. Now I'll be late, but I just said, yeah, sure, its cool. And I wasn't stressed :)
On the way to pick up Tee, I asked if Squeeks wanted a ride to his church too. He said yeah, so we got all loaded up. I dropped him off at the corner. We're even more late, and... I wasn't stressed :)
Driving down the freeway with Tee - still late - we're talking, chillin, laughing. And guess what I wasn't? Stressed :)
Finally at church. Sound check is kind of going on, where's Ant - he's teaching class? gotta help Tara, BJ is no where to be found, and it's all good. We didn't get in a good practice yesterday for the band, but, hey, I just went with it, and I had so much fun! I mean, Manny is a musical genius. The transition from Still into From the Inside Out was so good, I had fun doing it. I was smiling alot during worship today & just went with the flow, even though I mostly didn't know what I was doing... and I wasn't stressed :)
Well, the moral of the story - what I learned today - is really quite a basic thing to know mentally, but for me, much more difficult to apply practically: Why stress over things that, as of right now, cannot be changed? Someone's gotta pick up Tee - that's not gonna change, so why stress? BJ's not here yet - can't do anything to change that, so why stress? Worship team didn't get to practice - well, we ain't gettin one right now, so why stress? Life is much more fun sans stressing, and today was a lesson well learned. I had a lot of fun.
