Keeping on track

September 11, 2011

Keeping on track

Sometimes its hard for me to keep on track. You know, being the meanderer that I am, I sort of float along with all these things on my "to do" list but never really get to cross them off because I'm so scatterbrained that I start one thing and then get distracted by another. Gets discouraging after a while.

Have you ever had that "hurry up and wait" feeling? Like you know something's coming and you just can't seem to focus on anything else until that particular thing is over. But then, there's another thing...and another thing...people taking over your time and you can't seem to be able to control it. I just want to take a little time to sit in my kitchen garden and enjoy it. Or hulahoop... or walk in the woods... or read a book without feeling guilty or like I'm stealing time away from something more important.

It's not my husband and kids, it's all the outside stuff that comes up and demands that I pay attention. I know, that probably sounds selfish but I don't mean to. Sometimes I think I just need some time when I'm not so distracted to spend, not necessarily alone, but just being...of course if that were to happen, I'd probably fall asleep! 5-6 hours of sleep each night isn't enough and a nap is completely unheard of.

Right now I feel like Bilbo...butter spread over too much toast.

Pondering My Meanderings,
Wanderer

2 thoughts about my meanderings:

Anonymous said...: have a sweet time today, bless you.

believe in yourself,
do what you love.

thanks; September 17, 2011 at 1:57 PM
Anonymous said...: You’ve got superb talent in creative writing,
Keep it up.

Please check out short story slam week 10 prompt today.

It is great to write and entertain our children,
Don’t you agree?

Give it a try,
Let your beautiful imagination fly.

Best.
Happy Autumn!
xoxox; September 17, 2011 at 1:57 PM

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What's this all about?

Keeping a journal or diary has never been easy for me. I loved the idea of it but remembering to do it daily was a problem. Then I'd feel guilty; procrastinating, thinking I'd make it up the next day only to find that a week had flown by without so much as a word from me! The worst part was that I couldn't remember some of the clever things I'd planned to say about the mundane experiences I'd had that made me...well, me. I think I'm a different person than I was all those years ago...expanding on old interests and learning new ones...teaching my little women and learning from them as well.

That time was longer ago than I care to think about. But the idea of putting down my thoughts where I can find them again has been ruminating lately so I decided to try it again in a newfangled context. What follows are the occasionally profound (said with tongue in cheek), often tedious, possibly interesting wanderings of a thoughtful mind.

Perhaps some of the musings that pass this way will inspire you, touch your heart, or brighten your day. So keep an open mind as you ponder my meanderings.

Ponderings of others

"If I'd never met you, I wouldn't like you; and if I didn't like you, I wouldn't love you; and if I didn't love you, I wouldn't miss you, but I did, I do and I will."

"A kiss is a lovely trick designed by nature to stop speech when words become superfluous." ~Ingrid Bergman

"A true man does not need to romance a different girl every night. A true man will romance the same girl for the rest of his life." ~Ana Alas

"Love grows by giving."

"The love we give away is the only love we keep."

"The only way to retain love is to give it away." ~Elbert Hubbard

"A smile is almost always inspired by another smile." ~A

"For it was not into my ear you whispered, but into my heart. It was not my lips you kissed, but my soul." ~Judy Garland

"Love can make you do things that you never thought possible." ~Phil Collins

"The kiss~a sweet discovery of oneself after a long search." ~A
"Love is, above all, the gift of oneself." ~Jean Anouih

"If equal affection cannot be, let the more loving be me."~W. H. Auden

"Love is the only true adventure." ~A

"If you think you've given something your all, but your all is all about you, then you haven't truly given anything." ~A. Gimbledorf

"You don't love someone for their looks, their clothes or their fancy car but because they sing a song that only you can hear."

"Unless your heart, your soul and your whole being are behind every decision you make, the words from your mouth will be empty, and each action will be meaningless. Truth and confidence are the roots of happiness."

"Until one is commited, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness...." ~William Hutchinson Murray

"Life is confusing enough; Let's try not to muddy the waters with obscure statements that make folks scratch their heads in bewilderment." ~A. Gimbledorf

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