Got this movie from Dani as an early christmas gift. I watched it 3 times in 2 days. I like Ellie in the very beginning of the movie when she pulls off her explorer helmet to expose a porcupine bowlcut. She is loud, full of adventure, and tells stories like people are on the edge of their seat. I like her.
I’m laying on my bed with my computer on my lap-desk (yes, one of those stupid college build-a-room scam items that every freshman gets from their pre college move-in day trip to bed bath and beyond.) I have to say not only does it correct my positional alignment issues, but it’s non-slip grip makes it easy to put my knees up and type in an almost horizontal stance. A stance that I happen to be taking in a lot of ways.
Rest is something that I have flirted with throughout college only to lay my head on the pillow and wait for something to happen that never did. A daughter born to two insomniatic early risers, I was probably doomed from the get go. At my house there has never been something called sleep in saturdays.. or lazy sunday afternoons. In fact, I can’t tell you that I’ve seen one of my parents in bed passed 7 am. I had gone through 4 years of college and had only taken 2 naps.. probably totaling a mere 30 minutes. I couldn’t sit still and it seemed like there was always another mile I could run in my marathon training, another book I could read for the fun of it, another song I could wrestle with, or load of laundry to throw in, blah blah blah blah… I KELSEY KOPECKY was exhausted.
Funny that at my breaking point I found myself leading worship at the women’s retreat for my church. The title, Ceasing and Feasting.. how to find rest in a world that says to get ahead and do more. Rest is not easy.. there is no 5 step process that we upper-middle classers love. The process is.. well, do nothing. Find contentment in all that this moment is. Not what it could be, should be, thought it would be. I’m learning to treat rest like any other discipline in my life. Choosing the good parts, as Jesus said to Martha. Mary let the table go unset so she could sit at the feet of her savior. To soak in all that the moment held for her. While Martha was a busy bee.. we see that there is a need to stop preparing the meal for your guests, and enjoy that you have a guest in the first place.
When I notice the meaningful parts of my life.. the meaningless seems merely a waste of time. Sitting seems fine for a time. After all, when I look back at my college days I don’t cherish the loads of laundry and spotless closet. I remember conversations with complex people, and the learning that happened when I was still enough to sort through it all.
Be still my soul, be still.
present from peter
solid rock
my favorite soup international market
ideas for new cd artwork
recording keyboards.. reward system
Taylor's Falls with Jonathan dad and Jen
mom and I at the car show
Bike rides in Shelby bottoms greenway
The good parts.
tall boy
can I keep em?
kopecky family band. best friends.
Tara's teeth
New baby at the hagerty house! 7 months
Dani time.. love her
It seems my journal has been getting all of the dirty details of my life lately. I am sad to realize my last post was months ago, but all too content that some things were made for only a pen and paper and one pair of eyes at a time.
Trying to play catch up would entail something just short of an anxiety attack, so I would prefer to pretend we are on the same page and discuss the little life lessons of today. I promise nothing too exciting has happened… Life is good, has been, and looks like it will be tomorrow.
Life has been full of only a few things. I love all of them and like to give each one a lot of attention. It seems like days have less hours than they used to and night time arrives with no regard to a stretched out afternoon. So, everything lately… lets see.. music, running- half marathon Oct. 18th, my lovely boyfriend and newly Nashville Citizen, living in a house full of 6 girls that I adore, being a nanny of 4 lovely kids and celebrating my 2 year anniversary with their family. Meaning: late night girl talk, Jonathan’s surprise lunches (today was at chili’s and I was smiling the whole time over delicious chips and salsa), putting the final touches on song lyrics, preparing for the studio starting Oct. 5th!, and hopefully seeing cloudy with a chance of meatballs with the kids this Saturday.
And the rain just started… wow. since our house was built in 1920, the thin glass of my tall bedroom windows filters no sound. And in this moment I turn my computer off, find rest, and enjoy what cyberspace could never offer… this beautiful moment of peace.
and I remember that the clouds are the dust of His feet. the Lord is good.
Kopecky family and our favorite Colorado based brewery, New Belgium, would like to invite you to join us in a city near you. Check out www.myspace.com/kopeckyfamilyband for tour details.
lots of love :)
