So I have finally been forced to lighten up a bit. I have always been a 'doer', and it has finally caught up with me. I went off on a wonderful, relaxing vacation to a wonderful, relaxing resort in the Mexican Riviera, and I came back still tired. I feel a whole new level of affinity for the person who penned the phrase 'I'm sick and tired of being sick and tired'.
My vacation was even better than I could have hoped. The weather was hot and sunny and beautiful, and the water in both the pool and the ocean was warm, and the company was great. I even discovered that my shots don't give me injection site reactions in that climate, so I am now trying to talk The Doctor into letting us move down there... No luck so far. Anyway, my point is that I came away with a few conclusions.
First, I really do think that I need to take a vacation every six months or less. Less, actually. I think that I appreciate my life more, i.e. kids, responsibilities, bills, jobs, etc. when I am away from them for a bit. Unfortunately, I may have reached my vacation quota for the next few years. My family's generosity is, well, generous, but it does only go so far.
Secondly, I need to slow myself down so that I actually have time and energy for the things that I say are a priority for me. For example, my kiddos. If I am always wearing myself out doing all sorts of things I feel obligated to do, but that my heart just isn't in, then I have nothing left over for my little superheros. They need me, and if I am unable to be 100% at the moment, then whatever percentage I am needs to be invested in The Doctor and the gang.
Thirdly, (see how organized and thought-out all this is!) I have a real business opportunity in front of me. I have been granted a creative mind and have done very little with it in the last couple of years, and it is ready for something to do. I think God plants ideas in our minds and then encourages us to make something of them. I think this is one of those times, and now I need to figure out what I am going to do about it. Do I trust in God's word and take the leap to see this particular idea through, or am I going to hem and haw (like I usually do) and miss out on valuable learning and growth experiences? Oh yeah, and the potential blessings we get when we follow God's leading. It's funny how when I write it like that it seems like such an obvious choice, but when I am left alone to act on it... I also feel an affinity with whoever wrote, 'it's one thing to talk about it, and a whole 'nother hill o'beans to do it!' (Don't ask me where I heard that, it may have been one of the voices in my head.)
Lastly, and in conclusion, and to sum up and all that. I actually have nothing else to say at this point, but it just felt like I should wrap up somehow, seeing as I had all sorts of paragraphs that began with words ending in -ly. I guess I could make another plug for vacationing every six months, but that would probably just be overkill.
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