what you have and what you want

It is always easy to know what you do not have. What you want, what you think you need, what you desire are all things you do not already have. Why is it you would spend hours cleaning your stuff up and then all you can think about is that new thing you really, really need. You are never going to desire what you have, you are always going to want more. It makes me wonder how we are going to survive.

I think the key might be to see what you can want more of, and what you do not need a newer, better, smaller, making-you-lazier version of. Think about what you have. Is there anything you don't have that you need? Really? How are you going to fill the desires for more? I think I am created for more, for always longing, wanting, desiring more. But what I don't always remember is that things and people are not what I really want. Those things I already have the best of.

How do you know you have got all the best?
These are some of the signs or symptoms I would look for if I wanted to find out:

This place. These people. Light at 12 in the night.

Making supper for the family with your baby brother - who is more a teenager
than a baby these days.

Good friends. The best hugs. Joy.

A late night at the beach with laughter 

Rafting where you really can't raft

Sun, pizza and some great girls

Three people in a boat for two

Amazing brothers

A good place to live. The moon. The stars. The sky. The mountains.

A beautiful mum

Doing fun stuff with your family. Like sitting on the ferry.

Being the victim of these things.
The sign says "hug danger." Kind of.

Fun people. Doing random, weird stuff.

A brother driving to the first day of high school. Learning.

A good father (beard or no beard)

... and brother! (no beard!)

The perfect road trip food from Hardanger

Moving out, starting over. Welcoming visitors.

Outside Haugesund there is a roundabout with four options; this being one
of them. I guess you can go anywhere you want.

Friends close. And far away.

Fun challenges. Sports. Beach. The sea.

Good memories. Views. 

Adventures. Good conversations. Tea and coffee in the cold.

Great friends trying to eat the Texas sunset.

This old picture just makes me happy. Thank you :)

This post did not turn out the way I planned, but I hope it made you think about some of the good things in your life. I have so much more, and I try thanking God for some of it every day. I love thanking Him for things like these. It lets me breath easier, smile more, dance on the inside. He gives me a grateful heart, and helps me getting it back when I forget. I hope you know that you are part of what I am grateful for.