Today is election day...and that means I have the day off. I had big plans for the day...but as usual anymore, they fell flat and I find myself with no motivation to read the book sitting next to my computer that I have to have completely read by Friday in order to write a paper. I just find myself running out of steam as the semester creeps to a close.

Last night, after a nice time with some friends I invited over and made chicago-style pizza for, Bekah and I both fell asleep as we were "letting our food rest" before heading out to walk it all off. A friend called me about an hour or so after my nap started and needless to say, I wasn't that sleepy anymore...so I picked up a book that I read when I was going through a really tough time a couple years ago. As I was reading, I ran across this quote and it just struck a chord somewhere in my heart. It's not the most uplifting, and for that I apologize...but I think it is painfully true:

"We have become used to living with our pain. We almost don't notice it anymore; its just the way things are. That would be fine if the heartache remained in a back closet somewhere like an old school photo album, but brokenness is never quiet or completely in the past. The pain that we experienced as children or in other relationships as we have grown casts long shadows over the present. It affects the choices we make and the way we respond to life, to God, and to others."

-Sheila Walsh