Sitting on my desktop is this list of Openers. And It’s been sitting there since November without me doing a single thing about it. I keep thinking I’m going to print it out and put each little message in an envelope, but really my life doesn’t work that way. My brain doesn’t work that way. It’s worth reading and worth sharing, so I’m sticking it here as a super reminder.
I’ve got lots in my brain simmering away….and the girls are at school, and I’m taking the final few minutes of that time to bust this out and go through some pictures. I knew I was a liar when I said that I had 9 whole hours a week to myself, Barry kept telling me, but 9 hours sounds amazing compared to 6…or 4….Last week I was trying to get a ton of chores done, frantically stomping around the house and I looked at the clock and realized that I only had 15 minutes before I needed to leave for school pick-up. I panicked, grabbed my book and jumped into bed and tried to read for those 15 minutes, but it wasn’t relaxing because I was worried I’d miss my departure time.
Anyhow, projects and ideas that inspire me are a ‘brewing. I want to write more, photograph more and get to it. But sometimes I only get 15 minutes to let my mind wander and so the slow-burn, simmering continues.
And if it were me, right now, choosing which one to open, I’d pick the envelope about losing sight of what matters. I’ll continue to simmer my ideas, my personal projects, while I keep on track and appreciate all the blessings in my life.
Open up….
