"There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven: a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot, a time to kill and a time to heal, a time to tear down and a time to build, a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance ........ a time to be silent and a time to speak, a time to love and a time to hate, a time for war and a time for peace" Ecclesiastes 3:1-8
I purposely didn't post here on Jan 1 .... I've been thinking seriously about New Years Resolutions for 2011 the last few weeks and every time I thought about them, I got a little discouraged. You see it takes me all of about 2.8 seconds (OK, maybe that's a bit of an exaggeration) but within a few weeks of the "New Year" I've faltered or stopped all together, you know the eating healthy, the exercising, the doing this or not doing that. The list is too long to be practical and it leaves me feeling discouraged and disappointed. I'm not doing it again ...
Don't get me wrong, I was excited about a New Year, 2010 was exhausting for us, physically and mentally. I was ready to be able to draw that proverbial "line in the sand" and start fresh but I needed to approach it differently then in the past.
January 1, 2011 was a good day.
We spent time with close friends and with each other. We did chores and we played. It was not over planned, over scheduled, or over stressed ...... it was calm, peaceful and balanced. It was SO GOOD.
Brooke & Daddy & Frosty the Snowman
We'll see how it goes .......
2 comments:
Love what you wrote - and I agree with your totally. Too often - we are so bent on improving ourselves, being perfect - having everything in its place, that we lose site of what makes us happy. If a few dirty dishes pile up or the lawn isn't mowed every week- so that we can enjoy our children laughing or we can take a moment with someone we love or even to be alone to enjoy the spring breeze and to hear birds singing - then so be it. It will all be there tomorrow. Make that your goal this year - not to lose weight, or get organized or whatever. Make it your goal to enjoy your life and all that it brings to you!
P.Sherman, 42 Wallaby, Australia! "Just keep swimming" is sometimes as good as it gets. I enjoyed the snowstorm the day after christmas and the subsequent 2-days-snowed-in-together that we were blessed with. So nice to just relax following the ridiculousness of the holiday season -- which has become to busy and crammed to enjoy anymore.
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