live by the seat of my pants!

I already cringe when someone talks about their vacation plans because, in my experience, these plans just never work out right. It seems that half of the plans fall apart and the other half are either boring or miserable in some other way. It is my belief that planning has this effect on much of our lives.

I’m also just tired of making extensive plans and contingencies just to have the universe hurl something my way that I could have never anticipated. All that care and worry and what is it that gets me through? Improvisation.

And now that I’ve gotten used to the idea, I rather enjoy improving my way through a situation. Now I just need to start improving my way through all of life… or at least most of it.

I guess what I mean by “live by the seat of my pants” is to remember that life is unexpected and short, and that trying to make it too stable and safe will not only inevitably backfire, but also rob me of some of the pleasures of just going with the flow. I don’t want to be married to money, a big house, the same job, and the same life. God changes lives in an instant, through events that we can never expect. Living out this goal would involve using my money for causes greater than myself, try new things constantly, spontaneously pick up and do something different when necessary, and not let the change in the winds blow me under and make me upset. Rather, just getting by however I can will help me increase my trust in the Lord and live genuinely, all the time.