You can praise me for my great shop name now or later. through blog comments. facebook comments. or even in person. Thank you.
While I have literally no plans to start a coffee shop (I love my career- thankfully!), it has consistently been the back-up plan to my contingency plan to my uh-oh plan. Basically, I will probably never start a coffee shop, but I am absolutely head-over-heels in love with the idea of owning a coffee shop.
To which all people close to me would laugh in my face and ask me the last time I got up before 6am. Let's just ignore the logistics here, folks. Geesh!
(to provide further context to another way I love something that will never happen- I am in love with the idea of living in a small town. Friday Night Lights- the series, not the movie- cursed me forever in that I am super obsessed with Tami Taylor and the community feel.That show portrays small town life in such a beautiful and complex light. But, alas, I am a city girl, now and forevermore. amen.)
Coffee shops represent so many of my most favorite things in the world:
It is a place to dwell. Dwell is one of the top words on my "words I love" list that I keep. (if you must know, here are some others- abide, ripple, serenity, sheninigans.)
To me, dwelling implies a peaceful resting and a feeling of home. Community.
The same reason I idealize owning a coffee shop is the same reason I idealize FNL/small town life bringing strong community. But we can slow down and create room for us to dwell in many other locations and spaces.
Sometimes the dwelling doesn't even need a coffee shop or living room.
Ultimately, the peace I receive from dwelling in God is the greatest. Sitting on the couch with my legs folded underneath a comfy blanket, tea in hand, and candle lit. Talking to God my Father in who I can fully rest. Like I said, to dwell gives me the warmest feeling of being fully myself and fully at peace.
Coffee shops represent so many of my most favorite things in the world:
- lattes (mmmmmm....you are not living until you have the lavender tea latte at Kaldi's. half-sweetened, and skim milk. puhlease and thank you)
- baked goods. yessssss! (so, I actually rarely order baked goods. but they are there and they are beautiful and enticing)
- community atmosphere.
- people watching.
- space to slow down.
To me, dwelling implies a peaceful resting and a feeling of home. Community.
The same reason I idealize owning a coffee shop is the same reason I idealize FNL/small town life bringing strong community. But we can slow down and create room for us to dwell in many other locations and spaces.
Sometimes the dwelling doesn't even need a coffee shop or living room.
Ultimately, the peace I receive from dwelling in God is the greatest. Sitting on the couch with my legs folded underneath a comfy blanket, tea in hand, and candle lit. Talking to God my Father in who I can fully rest. Like I said, to dwell gives me the warmest feeling of being fully myself and fully at peace.
Then dwelling becomes less about the space and more of an act and way of being.
Amidst pieces of my life feeling totally out of my control- which puts me in anything but a peaceful mood- I find comfort in knowing I can rest in a God who is fully in control. and invites me into His dwelling place. and enters into my chaos.
That dwelling place is better than any fake coffee shop idea I have anyway.
Funny side note about coffee shops- I totally used to think I would meet my husband in a coffee shop. Ya... That didn't happen. But coffee shops are still magical like that. Believe in the magic!
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