It's the simple things...

...that you go back to, when the rest gets to be too much.


Our weekend here's been about rebuilding. My dh came down with a touch of my flu that thankfully didn't take hold too strongly. So, we stuck close to home and caught up on a lot of little things and got ready to push hard through the week. Played with the cats, played with our son, watched the beautiful weather outside the window that neither of us had the energy to go out and enjoy.

And it was good.

Recharging with the simple things, being proud of whatever you can do and not expecting more than the moment... We don't have the play in our day-to-day grind to get to that place very often. For me, being down for the count with the flu seems to be what it takes sometimes to slow me down enought to just sit and see.

Well, I'm going to be more intentional about the "seeing" this year. I need to be. So many great things are ahead. My writing and travel schedule should be the most fun I've had yet. But it will be too easy to let being busy and on deadline and tired take over, if the little the simple things aren't my focus.

I know what I want to accomplish this year--personal goals that have nothing to do with my job or what the world expects. Do you?

Those goals are what I'll remember each morning, as the sun begins to slant through the blinds in my office windows. And just before bed at night, even if I've been too busy to take a breath the rest of the day, those goals and what I've done to take me closer to accomplishing them will be what I spend my last few minutes focusing on.

The simple stuff... Focus on it, be proud of how you chase it and know it's what feeds you most. Accomplish the simple, and the rest will follow. The rest is usually stuff you have very little control over, anyway.

Besides, string enough simple together, and you'll find something pretty spectacular to be proud of before you know it.

Have a great Monday!!!