I Read Too Much

Have you ever struggled with doing the right thing?  Sure you have, you are human, right?  I sit here tonight tapping away at my keyboard pondering the results of doing, saying, and honoring the right things.  In fact, the right thing for me, and truth be told, my family too, may not always be the best thing for another, especially if that destroys a longtime relationship.  Perhaps that is going a bit too far, too fast.  So here, let me break it down.  Life is full of situations.  In fact, each and everyday starts with one.  You have the option to wake up or sleep in, put a smile on or a frown, be kind or be a jerk.  I know, you are probably thinking something like, "wait, these are choices, not situations."  I, in return, would capitulate and agree, BUT have you ever thought about the result of that choice?  That result is the situation.  So, I go back to my original question, have you ever struggled with...

In the past couple of weeks I have read many wonderful blogs.  Blogs by moms who aren't afraid to admit they're not perfect, moms who are "perfect" and like to share that with their readers, ladies who are trying to share quippits of their lives, ladies who feel their lives really aren't all that - yet they seem so grand anyhow, ladies who can write so well I long for their next blog, and those random blogs that make me wonder about the diversity in the world.  Then I have my blog.  Is it a true reflection of me? I think the hardest thing in life is seeing yourself through God's eyes.  Here's why.  There will always be someone who is better.  Better at computers, sewing, singing, dancing, cooking, driving, decorating, mommying, well, honestly, everything; except for ONE MAJOR thing.  There is no one on Earth that will ever be better at being you .  Nope!  In fact, you own that one lock, stock, and barrel....

There are days when I feel I could reduce my life to a few song lyrics.  Or rather, a feeling brings a song to mind.  Today I felt like I was going in a hundred different directions at once.  9+ hour work days, a home to take care of, school to go to, kids to raise, life to live, ah...the proverbial American Dream.  I have it all and yet I run after more, but the end is always just one more hour away.  Do I go into work early to leave earlier for more time with the kids?  Do I go to work at a reasonable time and get off later in the afternoon so that I can get enough sleep?  Do I skip my homework and class for family time?  Do I stay focused on school so I can get the degree I need to keep my job?  Do I sit back and let it all come at me while going a hundred miles an hour just watching the road pass under my wheels?  Even taking it all one step at a time I feel I am running behind.  My devotional for today talked about the d...