Mustard Seeds

My favorite author Donald Miller wrote a wonderful blog recently on life. You can read it here. In this blog he encourages his readers to consider the idea that they have the opportunity to live the year 2012 over again. If you could live 2012 for the second time, what would you do differently? Imagine the year is over, and you are looking back to examine how you lived.
I can already see things I would change.
There are habits I would like to change; lots of them. My attitude could definitely be better at times. I would strive for more tenderness with my children. I would also try to be fully present with them as much as possible, even if that means removing some of the busy-ness from my life. This might mean less time surfing the web and more time really listening to them. I would also focus more on daily tasks like staying on top of washing and folding laundry so that my children would feel the security of knowing someone loves them enough to keep their drawers filled with freshly laundered and folded clothes.
I would aim to spend more time meditating on how I lived each day. I would strive to do this daily, be it at the beginning, middle, or end of the day. I would devote more time to my studies. I would stick to a financial budget and save money for family vacations with the kids.
I would worry less about things that are uncertain and outside of my immediate control. I wouldn't run when I came up against trial and error. I would instead remind myself that although scary at times, embracing these things will breathe life into my being.
Realist that I am, I can see that there is hardly time in every day to change so much in one year. However, I do cling to a faith that tells me; hold tight and believe because faith as small as a mustard seed can move mountains.