Follow your heart, but be quiet for a while first. Ask questions, then feel the answer. Learn to trust your heart. - Unknown
I spent a lot of Christmases all stressed out trying to accomplish more than any one person could possibly accomplish. My own goals far exceeded what was reasonable to do. In the process I didn't enjoy being with people much. Interesting thing about growing older and after a lot of hard experience I learned that the people are the important part. Today started with walking with my sister, then together we attended a nieces soccer game. Next came a lovely visit to my daughter-in-law and 2 of the grandkids and took time to plant some flowers. After that I did service for my church and rounded off the evening with my daughter and another grandson enjoying the Christmas lights I found last night. The funny thing was she knew exactly the place I was talking about so we drove there and walked around the neighborhood. Realized the reason a 2 year old was not excited about seeing Charlie Brown was because he didn't know who Charlie Brown was or his dog Snoopy. I had a wonderful day. My kitchen's a mess, I didn't finish my projects and I can think of a 1000 things I should have done. But you know, I am really glad I spent the day exactly as I planned it.
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| Grandson: "REAL BIG." |
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| Checking his list twice, signs of OCD? |
3 comments:
Seems like a really nice and meaningful day. I agree that people are the most important part - you are lucky to have a large family that you relate to well (at least parts of it I suppose). take care
Fun. Learning to have fun. And it was!
@ellen Yes parts of my family do get along very well, I think it is the parts that are unhealthy and because of their choices will not improve that I value making relationships work. People are all around us and sometimes we need to look outside of our families to develop meaningful friendships.
@Laurel, It was a great morning with you. :)
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