It has been a whole week since I last posted - only two posts in and I petered out already. I tell you what - I am an awesome starter... Although I do have to say that I did give myself a little grace. I'm not the Pioneer Woman - I don't have to post every day to keep my readership up. I don't even have a readership.
I have high expectations for my life, with absolutely no idea how to turn them into results.
Even as I write this, I am realizing that my priorities are out of whack. Most of my dreams are about living in a beautiful home. I fixate on it and day dream about what my house will someday look like,what furniture will I put where and what color to paint the living room. Maybe the seventeen years I spent living in a mud-house in the New Mexican desert did more damage to me than I realized. After a life of never living normally, maybe I just want that too much now that there might be a chance. Even so, I still haven't done anything to make my house any prettier.
In the end, I want to be defined by the relationships I have - with my husband, child, family and friends - not just the way I arranged furniture. Do I succeed at that either? Not really, not enough to please my expectations.
But Donna Otta says I can have both and more. By organizing and preparing.
Excerpt from chapter 2 of Get More Done In Less Time:
"If the God of the universe could have chosen 11 of the most unlikely men to carry out a task that changed the world (referring to Jesus' disciples),I am convinced that the same God has given me the right husband, the right house, the right child, and the very best situation for who I am and who He wants me to be."
Ok, wow. How can I argue with that? God doesn't make mistakes - ever. He placed me right where I am for a reason. He even had a reason for putting me in the New Mexican desert.
"If I am content with my space and place, I can move forward to organize the things about me."
So tomorrow's assignment: Be content. I can work on being master of my universe soon, right now I just need enjoy where I am. And maybe stop focusing on the house stuff so much.
