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Today I make it (sort of) short and sweet. Too much to do. Too many promises made and yet to be fulfilled. Too many projects W-A-A-A-Y overdue. So much to say, so little time to write. Life can be exhausting sometimes.
I have this dream of being able to sit with Sonya, and just write, and write, and write. NO telephone, NO prior engagements, NO meetings, and most longed for of all – NO E-MAILS! I have come to hate them – even though I love the people who send me the personal ones. I really am grateful for the technology that makes them possible. It’s just that I selfishly want them only when I want them, when I’m ready to give them the time they deserve and/or warrant. But I am keenly aware that if wishes were horses, then beggars would ride. Hi-Ho Silver! Away!!!
Having read what I just wrote, do you think maybe I’m tired?
I want to be able to be here with Sonya, and be connected by mental telepathy with all my friends and family so that I can speak with them any time I feel like it, and the phone would not ring, scaring me half to death, and jarring my thoughts right out of my head. The phone always seems to ring in the middle of writing a crucial phrase, and when I am searching for just the exact word or phrase.
Please take this sorry post as a temporary complaint. Tomorrow I’ll be in a more appropriate mood – one that suits what I believe about life and the God I love. I embroidered a little plaque for Hubs shortly after we were married. It had on it a little cowgirl with a mischievous look on her face, and the caption was:
“Please be patient. God isn’t finished with me yet!”
As I asked it of him, I ask it of you. I might not be posting much for a while, but then again, usually when I make predictions like that, I end up posting even more frequently than I usually do. Your kind indulgence of my rambling style, my sometimes off-beat, sometimes corny, and sometimes completely incomprehensible humor is greatly appreciated. You are all so kind to me, and I love reading your comments. Even more than that I love reading your blogs. What a great community we have here in our corner of the blogosphere!
BTW, don’t take my complaint about the volume of e-mails and correspondence I receive as one directed at any of you. Quite frankly, it’s your missives that I look for when I finally open any of my three e-mail addresses. (BTW, I have reached a new high for unread e-mails in one of my boxes: 27.036. One of the projects I am behind on is scanning through all of them and finding out what I can safely trash, and then having myself a big e-mail dumping party! I’ll let you know when that is. You are all invited.)
Since I usually have a picture on Wednesday, I’ll close this shameful post with some photos I took today. They cheer me up a little. Nothing like a wild iris to brighten your day! May all of you be as blessed as I am with the abundance of enough. . .
The beautiful sunset we saw as we left choir rehearsal at church this evening.
*(Pardon my “French,” but this is an acronym I devised for myself, to remind me when my whining gets a little bit too annoying – even for me! It is “Bitch, Moan, and Complain!”)
Reflections From a Cloudy Mirror 
Paula,
I know exactly how you feel. That is one of the reasons I took a break from blogging for just awhile. I had to collect myself as silly as that sounds. When I retired I told myself that I would write, write and write some more. It didn’t happen! I got caught up in hobbies and kept procrastinating… procrastinating and procrastinating. So take a break, have a nice cup of tea and know you are not alone. Besides tomorrow is also a day if Jesus lingers.
God bless and please keep your blogs coming.
Ye gods and little fishes! Three email addresses, each inbox stuffed and overflowing??? Sometimes just keeping up with life can be overwhelming, and then you blog and are active in your church, etc. on top of all that! Sometimes the “abundance of enough” is just waaaay too much! I think you’re entitled to a moment or two for BMC and catching your breath!
Actually, only one of them is way over-stuffed – to the tune, as I said, of OVER 27,000 UNREAD e-mails. Each day I sift through the most recent (usually the ones that have come in over a period of the last seven days). If I have time (HAH!) I will go over the next older ones in the box, It can be quite discouraging. I have absolutely no problem with my” enough.” My enough comes to teach me to appreciate what I have in relation to what I don’t and what I share. Would you like to have some of my e-mails? 😆 . My complaint has to do with how I manage it and use it. I have a long way to go!
I’m still very tired today, but my mood, through God’s help, is improving by the moment. I am the one in control of it, but when I’m tired, I have a problem with being lazy, and sticking with the status quo rather than doing the serious work that I should be doing in order to improve. I will spend most of today in bed, doing some needed reading and making some priority lists – hopefully to get me organized so I can be more productive with less pain.
I will be back soon. Maybe even later today – depending upon how long I can keep myself in a prone position!
Cheers, Karen! You do realize, i hope, that you have become one of my very favorite blog members and commenters! Some days I don’t know what i would do without a word or two from you! (No pressure, though! 😆 )
Ahh, flattery will get you far! Thank you, no, I do NOT need any additional email, but I appreciate that you would share. 🙂 Rest up and get back to your perky self soon.
That’s the longest short post I’ve ever read 🙂
Thank you for that comment and laugh Tilly! Just what I needed! But hey! For me, coming in at under 600 words is pretty short, you will have to admit! 😆
P.S. Check out today’s (Theme-less Thursday) post. More to your liking, I imagine!
Hi Paula. You deserve supporting – especially after the way you
and Ashley have supported us.
A big prayer that you may rediscover a big laugh, for that is the best medicine of all.
Love John and June
Hugs and prayers accepted, John – always! Because I know, at least in part, how God works, I know that even these rough times will pass. Much of that is the result of intercessory prayer, so thank you so much! Kiss June for me, and ask her to kiss you back, also from me! I continue to pray that June is better day by day, and that YOU are taking the care of yourself that you should be!
XO Paula
Paula, you don’t know how many times I have felt exactly like you do…exACTly. Only I caved. And you haven’t. You deserve some BMC time. Most of all you deserve a GREAT…BIG…HUG {{{{{{ HUG }}}}} 😀
That hug is gratefully received – I have absolutely nothing to BMC about as far as that is concerned. The responses of kindness today are a huge help. I;ll be posting today, but I believe it will be more my style.
Actually, as much as I can BMC, there are few people i know who need to engage in it less than I do. I need an attitude adjustment, and I’m in the process right now.
Thanks again for your wonderful comment! I can count on you always to lift my spirits!
XO paula