During this season it is so easy for me to write off all the resolutions I made at the beginning of the year: I’m almost a whole week behind in my reading plan, haven’t gone to the gym in 12 days, and I’ve had fried foods and soda at least once for the last six days. I just dismiss those poor choices as permissible and tell myself that January is almost here; I can start again then. The problem with that philosophy is there are still days to live through, assignments to complete and submit, and work and family to attend. No matter how overwhelmed I feel because I’ve let so many things slide, I will still occasionally and randomly snap out of my unproductive trance just in time to remember what I learned a long time ago: This would be a bad place to give up! That simple little phrase tends to bring a smile to my face and joy to my heart because I’m reminded that life comes in waves. The ebb and flow will always change, and brighter days are headed my way if only I will continue to choose to not give up.
The buzz word for 2012 seems to be order. A myriad of definitions come to mind when I think of the word “order”. Alphabetical order is the sequence of my student files at school, personal files at home, debit and membership cards in my wallet. When I place my order at a restaurant I expect to receive exactly what I ask for. That doesn’t mean that I will occasionally have the opportunity to suffer through whatever nonsense the “chef” or “barista” thought I should have instead of what I requested. When I was a little girl I would order my toys into different categories: large to small, large in the middle and tapering to small towards the ends, by shape, by color, etc. When we were kids, Cas and I created a game in the Dillard’s dressing room while mom would shop for eternities. We each had a quarter and there were other coins that we would divide up evenly. The object was to “flick” your quarter and hit your opponent’s larger coins first, then move on to the smaller ones. There...
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