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Those Days

Hard at work or hardly working?
You ever have those days when your body just doesn't want to move.....your mind is racing with all the things you need to do but your body is saying "no way Hosea, I'm not doing anything?"  Suffice it to say that I had one of those days today.....and they're beginning to get pretty frequent. I think I overwhelm myself.  I'm such a dreamer that I spend most of my time thinking up what I want to do and be but spend only a little time making that dream a reality.  I think that I want too much.  Maybe just simply enjoying each day as it comes is a better alternative and let the divine speak to you to show you what to do daily.

I'll admit this is a difficult task for me as I am a doer.  Nevermind the doing could just be busy work but at least I'm moving.  I'm learning to assess my situations a little more-------relaxing and letting it come to me instead of going through the chase.  Also, I'm learning to ask about what I should be doing and only doing those things that would reflect that.  All this change seems as if I'm a lazy woman and I feel guilty because I'm believing the lie, but I know God just wants to restore my enthusiasm for life while teaching me the importance of time and what is most important and essential daily.  I'm organizing myself from the inside out instead of letting things organize my day.  I'm finding it's a much better way to live.  It cuts down on stress and gets whats most important done without stressing about the rest.

It's still a work in progress because I'm having to deal with my guilt and whether or not I'm doing the right things, but I really want to live this way.....I find it helps me accomplish more.  In fact, when I've gone through my to do list, I realize I actually have done more but not necessarily all in one day.  I'm also putting on my calendar and planner days and times when I will work.  

I think this quote on Oprah's show today sums it up for me.  She was in Australia asking the Aussies about their life in comparison to Americans.  What caught my attention was their comment on working.  One of the Aussies said, "Americans live to work, but they work to live.  I believe I like their way better.

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