Balance

The last time I blogged was on Saturday. This week didn't fly by. I thought about writing every single day. And I thought about gratitudes, pictures and topics. But "NO!", I told myself. No writing. Minimal time on the computer. Stay focused. Keep moving. And so, that's what I did. Or... should that be, that's what I tried to do. ;-)

I've been working on a big, very BIG project. I'll tell you about it later. Promise! This project was conceived just before Valentine's Day.


And I, being slightly inexperienced and very unrealistic, albeit noble and determined, set my timeline for finish by yesterday noon. Hence, my most DETERMINED and stubborn desire to stay PROJECT FOCUSED! Well...

There are lots of lessons to be learned from this experience. ;-p The most important lesson would be with regard to balance. In the middle of the week one of my dearly-beloved Sisters dropped that "B" word on me. "Balance? Please define!", I responded.

 
When things get out of balance, when I shift my energy, time, effort, thought... into any one thing, everything get WHACKY!!! All of my world suffers. My people suffer. I'm focused and intense and ticked if I'm interrupted. Not a happy way to live. And the mop-up from that unbalanced WHACKedness is not the least bit pretty or fun.

"But I MUST get this done!!! It's IMPORTANT!!!!", CRACKED the internal buggy whip.

ERRrrrch!!!! Stop and THINK about it!

Well, okay. Maybe. Maybe not. I thought about it long... and then I made a compromised with myself. I relaxed and continued on sans the buggy-whip.

While my intentions were MARVELOUS, (and of course, above reproach ;-) ), they lacked in realism. LOL!!! My dreamer self really prefers to NOT live in realism. But alas...that IS where I live. And that's truly a positively-peachy thing!

So, here I am. It's Friday, I didn't finish my project within by noon yesterday but I got as far as I could. The JOY of it flooded back in as I relaxed. A VERY GOOD and MOST PEACHIEST thing! And next week I'll finish it. It's okay. Perfectly okay.

Now, the clean-up. And that will begin with the six unposted GRATITUDES!

Sunday, March 17th - Gratitude #76 - TEDtalks. If you haven't heard of TED, Google it. LOVE!


Monday, March 18th - Gratitude #77 - Documentaries!!! There are so many good ones.


Tuesday, March 19th - Gratitude #78 - The "B" word. Balance re-enters my consciousness.


Wednesday, March 20th - Gratitude #79 - SPRING!!!! It's official! YESYESYES!!! My Dad snapped this pic of our tiny apricot tree... it's blooming!!!


Thursday, March 21st - Gratitude #80 - Spring Break. Winter Qtr. is finished and it's SPRING BREAK!!!

And today, Friday, March 22nd - Gratitude #81 - Glasses. If you need them (and we both do!) they can be a perfectly GOOD and lovely thing! I love my glasses!


And now... ON WITH THE MOP-UP!!!! See you tomorrow!

ONWARD!!!!