Where’s my Grace, dammit?!?
Posted on May 13, 2020 Leave a Comment
I’m way behind on laundry. My current work project is taking longer than I think it should. I can’t seem to get enough sleep lately. I’m desperate to see my dear out-of-town friends for a weekend. I’m only now realizing that I’m short-tempered more often. And dear God, can I just get a break?
So I catch up on cleaning. I give my work project my all, at the expense of my personal project. I go to bed early. My uplifting peeps and I share within an ongoing group text things that make us laugh so hard we pee our pants a little. I try to be more patient with my spouse, my dog, and myself. And more stuff still piles on and I’m still so frustrated and dear God, can I just get a break??
Here I thought I was taking steps to improve my situations. Yet it just keeps piling on. What in the world am I doing wrong?
Oh. It’s not about me. Read More
A reminder for me, today
Posted on May 6, 2020 1 Comment
All the rest are just mosquitoes buzzing around my face — annoying distractions that I mistakenly focus on.
Now I remember. Read More
How in standing down I’m stepping up
Posted on April 29, 2020 Leave a Comment
I have a few things in my life to manage, and I tend to try to be on top of them. I feel better (read: more sane) when I face things directly. My tasks, jobs, things that are necessary of my days, interests of mine, and so on. I much prefer to take the lead and create my time, rather than wait to see what happens and then react to it.
One way feels like creating my life, but the other way feels like being a victim to it. And in no way do I want that.
Recently I had a big Aha: I learned it’s not really the one or the other. Read More
Four feel-good fiction features (plus 287 more)
Posted on April 22, 2020 2 Comments
There is always a book that I am currently reading. I used to hear of people who had two or more books going at the same time, and I never understood how they could tear themselves away from the first one before it was finished, to immerse themselves into the second.
Now, I myself have fallen into that habit: I have a print copy for reading on the deck, and an electronic book for reading in bed. Don’t knock it ’til you try it!
My usual genre of choice is transformational nonfiction Read More
Not having agreement? Here’s the harmonious antidote, no other player needed.
Posted on April 15, 2020 Leave a Comment
As we proceed through more, extended time of StayAtHome, we –and the ones we love most — might be starting to drive each other nuts. Can you relate?
However, let me pose this thought: nothing about this in our relationships is new, we just can no longer look at it out the corner of our eyes. Our external distractions are diminished, we can’t as easily run or hide from each other.
This is a good thing. Because we get to full-on see through the eyes of Love: Read More
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