I
actually have ten things already checked off on my to-do list for the
week. Yes, I keep a rather extensive
to-do list. Otherwise how will I know if
I have done anything at the end of the week?
It also helps me stay focused.
Well, as focused as I can when there might be a squirrel racing past the
window at any moment. Or a hummingbird
to gaze at in the back yard. Or
something I forgot to include on the list that just has to be done right now (Usually in this case I just add it to the
bottom of the list). Or Chris is
awake and it’s time to go for our walk.
Or …
Did
I mention that the “add it to the bottom of the list” approach means even
though I have crossed out ten things, I still have fourteen to go (and no doubt counting). Which leads to another difficulty that arises
when dealing with to-do lists. I call it
the “stare into nothingness trance.”
Nope. Not some new kind of yoga
meditation (I don’t even know the old
kind of yoga). I mean it just as it
sounds. Sometimes I come to myself and
realize that I am staring at the list - and have been for who knows how long – with
no idea of what I am seeing (Just so you
know … I just added something to the list.
It’s up to fifteen now). Of
course more often the staring is directed at the computer screen where I have
no idea what to write next. Kind of like
today when I began this entry …
Well,
maybe something exciting will happen today that will allow me to write about an
actual event. Or maybe a person. Or a feeling (Those always go over well).
Yesterday, however, proved to be one of those “take a walk with Chris, work
at the computer until I can’t keep my eyes open, stand up, eat, do more work, watch
the Astros, then go to bed” kind of days.
Well … let’s get this one started …
Psalms
96:1 says, “Sing to the Lord a new song; sing
to the Lord, all the earth.”
Father,
thank you for working days as well as wacky ones. Gotta have both, I suppose, but just so you
know (which I know you do), I really
prefer the wacky ones. Amen.
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