"You can't understand the most important things from a distance, you have to get close."
I am a maker of lists. No, an expert at making lists. Scratch that, I am obsessed with making lists.
If someone told me to go through the day without jotting down my to-do's, I would laugh in their face and then grab my notebook.
It's a habit I have had for as long as I can remember. I guess it's my way of keeping control over the things in my life.
These last five days of practicing simplicity, I have found out some very interesting things about myself.
- I have been eating unhealthy amounts of Thai food (this budgeting thing is eye opening)
- I really like going to bed early (9:30 might just be my sweet spot)
- I enjoy eating dinner on my couch with television, but I am practicing eating at my beautiful table with silence. (it's a good thing)
- Finally, I am realizing I have a really hard time not over planning this whole simplicity thing. Like, it's crazy how much I want to control it...
This morning at our monthly staff meeting, our prez said, "God already has plans. Don't ask Him to join yours; instead, trouble yourself just enough to listen for His."
On my drive back from Cali, I knew without a doubt God was inviting me into His plan of simplicity for this year.
But, over the last three days, I have obsessed with all the ways I can simplify.
Making lists upon lists upon lists in my head.
Today, I realized I need to stop trying to steer and navigate HIS plan and just enjoy the ride.
I need to not get burnt out by Day Six because I think I have to be an expert on simplicity by the end of the first week.
Think I might be an over achiever?
I also reminded myself today, I do not need to be perfect in this theme or in life.
I just need to be present and aware, willing to get close and ready to listen.
Only then will it all work out. The way HE planned. Not me.
#simplicity2016
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