A Limerick A Day to Keep You On Your Way January 23

A Limerick A Day to Keep You On Your Way January 23

January 23

There once was a creative young woman,

 who forgot it was okay to be human.

She began to write,

Oh but the fright.

Could she really start bloomin’?

I am amazed that January is almost over.  Three weeks into the new year and I have remained steady posting a new limerick each day.  Yes I am patting myself on the back.   How has your 3 weeks been?  Have you found them productive?  Are you just waiting for spring like most New Englanders?

I have come to realize all of us need a season of rest.  Winter is it for me.   What about you?  I spend much time in the house and it can become dreary.  If I focus on the beauty of being a couch potato with no guilt and just write I relieve myself of that dreaded feeling I SHOULD BE DOING SOMETHING.  It was a long time before I understood I needed to change the mindset to I am doing something.  There was always that nagging voice saying , “You are so useless.”  Do you hear it too?

Today let’s  encourage ourselves that despite the torrential rain outside, despite winter still having several weeks to go, despite feeling we have done nothing, we have  accomplished more than we believe.  Just for today do a survey of who we smiled at.  Just for today think of who we served, nicely or not.  Just for today look at the emails, text, FB posts we answered.  Take inventory of how busy we really were.  Then rest.  Rest knowing if there was something we could do better we will work on it.

My theme of doing it now is really about our heart’s desires.  No one can do it for us and only we can do it now.  Reflect on what that means to you.  Reflect on what it means to do it now and rest at the same time.  Do you believe that it is possible?