Silent too long
But it's really the fault of MySpace. Really.
I've been doing a lot of thinking lately, while I'm shrinking. (I've now lost about 12 pounds in a week and a half)
I've been thinking about priorities and all of the "I can'ts" that I say and that I hear. I say "I can't" spend time in the Word daily because
1:Too busy
2:Have to get to the office by 9
Yet, do I check email daily? Why yes, why yes I do.
So this morning I decided no anything else until I do Priority #1 which would be to spend time getting to know the ultimate life-skills book. A letter from the Creator. Priorities.
I have "no" time to go to the gym for the very same reason. And yet, whaddaya know, at the time I'd normally flip on the TV, I can get right down to the gym for an hour and feel MUCH better than i would if I had spent that hour channel surfing.
And on it goes. Can't go to church because? Can't live a holy life because? Can't reach my goals because? BECAUSE the priority is not there.
It's tough to change! Compromise is way, way easier.
But in the past week and a half I've learned to enjoy the feeling of hunger as a sign that excess me is being hauled off in the river of 80+ oz of water I'm drinking per day. And I can "CAN" do that because it's become a priority. I want to solve a (somewhat) small problem before it becomes a (literally) large problem. That's MY priority. I choose healthy rather than comfy, and that's my choice and my current priority as far as habits go. Everyone, and I do mean everyone, gets a huge box of choices dropped down to them every single day and even every single minute.
I remember when several co-workers joined Golds Gym in Wenatchee for the 12-week fitness challenge. I was so mad. I thought: "I CAN'T do that, and now they'll all get skinny and wonderful and I'll be all frumpy and lumpy." Well, in fact I "COULD" have done that if I made it a priority, and I could have had fun right along with them. However, they all abandoned the program and really didn't change much physically after all! Later I actually did join 'Curves' and had a great time with the 90-year-old women. I felt great, and it actually fit into my shift work days after all.
I can read books if I set aside time to do so.
I can give money to a poor person who comes to me in need if I stretch just a little.
I can pray while I drive.
Now I also can get to bed before it gets any later so that I can rise early enough to spend time in the Word! I'm not sure I have enough *OOMPH* to get up at 5 or 6 so I can go to the gym before our store opens. We have a Creation seminar Thurs and Fri nights, as well as all day Saturday. HOW are we going to find time to do THAT???? Priorities. It's important to me, so I "can" do it.
That is the way it is with SO many things, and I'm so old to finally be figuring this out.
I've been doing a lot of thinking lately, while I'm shrinking. (I've now lost about 12 pounds in a week and a half)
I've been thinking about priorities and all of the "I can'ts" that I say and that I hear. I say "I can't" spend time in the Word daily because
1:Too busy
2:Have to get to the office by 9
Yet, do I check email daily? Why yes, why yes I do.
So this morning I decided no anything else until I do Priority #1 which would be to spend time getting to know the ultimate life-skills book. A letter from the Creator. Priorities.
I have "no" time to go to the gym for the very same reason. And yet, whaddaya know, at the time I'd normally flip on the TV, I can get right down to the gym for an hour and feel MUCH better than i would if I had spent that hour channel surfing.
And on it goes. Can't go to church because? Can't live a holy life because? Can't reach my goals because? BECAUSE the priority is not there.
It's tough to change! Compromise is way, way easier.
But in the past week and a half I've learned to enjoy the feeling of hunger as a sign that excess me is being hauled off in the river of 80+ oz of water I'm drinking per day. And I can "CAN" do that because it's become a priority. I want to solve a (somewhat) small problem before it becomes a (literally) large problem. That's MY priority. I choose healthy rather than comfy, and that's my choice and my current priority as far as habits go. Everyone, and I do mean everyone, gets a huge box of choices dropped down to them every single day and even every single minute.
I remember when several co-workers joined Golds Gym in Wenatchee for the 12-week fitness challenge. I was so mad. I thought: "I CAN'T do that, and now they'll all get skinny and wonderful and I'll be all frumpy and lumpy." Well, in fact I "COULD" have done that if I made it a priority, and I could have had fun right along with them. However, they all abandoned the program and really didn't change much physically after all! Later I actually did join 'Curves' and had a great time with the 90-year-old women. I felt great, and it actually fit into my shift work days after all.
I can read books if I set aside time to do so.
I can give money to a poor person who comes to me in need if I stretch just a little.
I can pray while I drive.
Now I also can get to bed before it gets any later so that I can rise early enough to spend time in the Word! I'm not sure I have enough *OOMPH* to get up at 5 or 6 so I can go to the gym before our store opens. We have a Creation seminar Thurs and Fri nights, as well as all day Saturday. HOW are we going to find time to do THAT???? Priorities. It's important to me, so I "can" do it.
That is the way it is with SO many things, and I'm so old to finally be figuring this out.
posted by Mom_Shap @ 10:14 PM
1 Comments:
At 10:34 PM,
Anonymous said…
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