#2 for the day.......I guess I'm especially pensive today

The second post in one day. I hope my few and far between fellow bloggers can keep up. LOL. JK. It’s been a very quiet day at work. There are only 3 of us in the office. The phone hasn’t rang. The door hasn’t opened. I have a little work to do but I’m kind of dragging it out. I also brought a book with me today to inspire a little motivation. I love reading books and don’t get to read often enough. I just happened to read a passage that related directly to the post I created this morning before I ever even opened the book.

“I want my children and grandchildren to think of me as someone other than a worn-out woman. I want them to look back and see a loving person who always had time for them, who made a difference for Christ in the world, who spent her short time on earth doing something that mattered.”

I agree with the woman who wrote these words. I want my children to feel that I always have time for them. I think it’s time to rid myself of the “ups” syndrome. Fed up, hurrying up, and catching up. I am at least one of these ups at any given time. How sad. As children we grow up with these big dreams of what our lives will be like when we are grown. None of my dreams included any “ups”. As a teenager it feels like ahead is a wonderful adventure full of freedom and choices and joy. I don’t think that is naïve dreaming. After all that is what most people dream for. So it must make some sense somewhere along the line. I’m on a mission to prove that being grown up doesn’t have to suck. Grown UP does not = fed up, hurried up, catching up. Not too long ago Beth lended me some wise advice to just stop and listen so I could hear what the Lord was trying to tell me. I think he’s saying “Slow down!” Life really is a gift. I know that there is a lot of hard work to be done to succeed at certain things, but life should be enjoyed too. I suppose that if letting the house go from time to time will provide my children with the experience to feel that I always have time for them then that’s just what it will be. They might think, “Mom always has time for me, but her house is messy.” But that’s okay. One day they’ll have to learn to balance life too and might skip cleaning a few times too. :)