The Start of a Saturday
This is how I like to start a perfect Saturday. Coffee and a list. Organizing my day. So much laid out ahead to do. Projects to finish, cleaning that needs done, starting something new. A list. I love a list. Crossing things off as they are finished, nothing looks better than to have it done! A sense of accomplishment. Today though, it comes with a sharpened perspective for me. What is really important? Instead of rushing headlong into this list, I am deciding what has to be done? and what can wait? What do I enjoy doing? and reminding myself to take my time doing it. Savor the moments, All of them. Don't get annoyed at the interruptions. Embrace them. Choose what it really important and minimize what is not. So, it is with a heavy heart I start my day. Friends of ours received devastating news this week. In a family that has had more than they should bear anyway, I grapple with the "why?" They have been beaten and bruised, and yet they are such an example to those arou...