learning to trust + morning runs.

i went for my first morning run in a while this morning. my first morning run in this little town. the sun was shining, the air was crisp, and, here's the best part...

i could see my breath.

just a little, but i know that fall is near. i haven't experienced a true fall in the northwest since 2005, and i'm ready. sure, palm trees are nice, but each year i was in san diego i would ache to be in portland for the fall. i love those days. days like today when the sky is blue and the air is brisk. they are, for me, inspiring. and so i didn't just run. i pondered. and questioned. and tried to work out my confusion.

i am: 

trying to find a job

out of school for the first time in forever--which is both freeing and difficult...there were years where [well, most years] i rather enjoyed school [yes, i was the kid who asked their teacher every year for extra work to do over the summer. weird, i know.].

learning to live in a new place. not just be here, but live here.

and, most of all, learning to trust.

landon and i had a journalism professor who repeated this mantra quite frequently in every class we took with him:

simple. but, for me, so powerful. he said he keeps it posted above his desk, and when he feels stumped about an article or story, he glances at it. things will come together eventually, if you trust and continue to work at them, he would say.

trust the process.

those words rang in my ears as i ran this morning, thinking, "where am i?" "what's next?" 

trust the process.

put one foot in front of the other and trust the process.

and the words of this song felt so true to my heart this morning.

"all of my life, in every season, you are still God, I have a reason to sing. I have a reason to worship."

still learning. xoxo.