Tom Petty - Learning To Fly

I led a very productive weekend these past 3 days.. I took on an extra shift at work as well as making the decision to tackle my closet and get organized for awhile! I ended up finding a box that was in another box, that was sitting quietly on the very highest shelf in my closet. - A box of countless valentines day cards and notes I have saved since elementary school and branded as 'special' ones. :) My motivated cleaning spert settled at being a few moments (or an hour) of realizing all of the love (in different forms) that was sitting in that box on my floor. As I sat there I thought of my dear true friend who’s heart always lands broken at the end of relationships. In the past I’ve been (admittedly) jealous of her. Time after time, she welcomes new people into her life so easily, and in one season of her life she seems to welcome 3 times the amount of people in her heart than I do. Life isn’t fair I would think. (Which was also the topic at church today) “Can’t I just have ONE special person in my life compared to her bunches??”, I would ask myself.
However; since about December, I have seen an old side to her that is so sincerely happy, and hasn’t shown its face in such a long time. Her being truly content, made me sky high happy for her. There is way too much energy put into being jealous of others. Lets be happy for them! And in being happy for them, we have the hope that they may let us in so that we can be apart of it!
And, not that having a lot of people in your life is bad. -but for me, today, I’m counting it as a blessing. Because her tears after losing someone is enough for me to realize that I may not be the best judge of who comes into my heart. God, I leave it to you! You hold the key, and I want you to decide when and who opens that gate.  <3