30 Post Blog Challenge/ Inspiring Friendships

To begin, I believe I can safety say that I have a rare treasure in my life- inspiring friends. Many people claim to have these inspiring friends- especially on Facebook. (read- You're my inspiration, my best friend, the most beautiful girl who's always been there for me, Happy Birthday Babe <333 I love you to the moon and back.) But I stumbled upon a quote that I've used as a definition to hold friendships to the past few years. Actually, stumbled upon probably isn't the best way to put it- my perfectly blunt, wise, and worthy eighth grade history teacher had this up on his wall

Although I was certainly a miniature person surrounded by other small people in eighth grade, I understood the didactic truths in this simple quote. And since then, I've noticed what my relationships with others have fallen into- Great, average or small. As easy as it is to gossip, as much as it makes conversation flow and "juicy" exciting talk, it is what it is- small. Everyone does it- I probably do more than most. But makes me small, and makes my relationships small. 

And now, finally, to the point- I can proudly say that the girls I'm blogging with are GREAT friends. Although we just started, we've been sharing so many ideas with each other. Gossip may be exciting in a sinful, enjoyable way- but idea sharing- that's a whole other level of excitement. When I have friends who I share ideas with- friends who inspire me and make me want to jump into a project, even if it's in the wee small hours of the morning (sinatra reference, had to)- those friends are great. The excitement of idea sharing pushes the level of excitement gossip brings to the darkest depths of the deepest cave in the Pacific Ocean.

After all of that, I hope I shared with you what my first post of the 30 day challenge is- simply writing about my blog. I started this blog because of inspiring friendships- great people who spoke with me about ideas- blogging! I couldn't resist delving into the world of blogging, and am loving every minute! Now, as if it couldn't get any better, we've thought of a blogging challenge between the four of us- 30 posts, all different prompts, that we all must write about! 

Hope you follow along,

Lauren 

Interesting tidbit- I think every post/edit I've made has been from the hours of 1:00- 4:00am. I am trying to seek more discipline in my life, so hopefully my blogging hours will rightfully change back to sleeping hours, and my blogs will be posted at better times.