I used to spend my time thinking about what was coming ... appointments, work duties, time for a nap, time for a phone call, who expected what of my time. I did this so much that I was watching my present wash into the past before I could do anything with it.
About 2 years ago I decided that I would spend my summer intentionally not thinking ahead. I went to visit my friend & didn't care what we did or didn't do, what time I got up, or went to bed. If we felt like doing something, we did it, we didn't plan...we just did. That was the best ever! It felt like I was there 2 weeks when I was there just 8 days. It was GREAT!
With work about to start up again I am finding myself drawn into the thinking ahead mindset. There are things I have to get done, just like all of us, but they don't have to take all of the living out of my life. Have you ever been talking with someone and asked for an hour or two of their time? Let's say you wanted to go to visit a new shop in town, or see a movie, and they are too busy because they have a Doctor's appointment at 5. I'd like to know when it began to take from 9am-4:30pm to prepare for and from 6:30-9 to wind down from a doctor's appointment? This is the thinking I am talking about. I used to say those things, and I missed out on so much time connecting with my friends & family because of it.
My prayer for you today is that you use your time, don't let it use you. Even squeezing in a half hour of a 2 hour group lunch will be worth it. Your niece doesn't care if you can only come late & stay for 15 minutes of her party, but she will care if you don't show at all. Enjoy the people in your life, God has put them there for reason.
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