"The house is quiet at last.
I clean up the kitchen, tuck away the last of the toys.
I sit on the couch and wind yarn in the silence, just enjoying a still house after
the tornado of activity all day.
I know I should go to bed – a long night is ahead -
but I can’t surrender the quiet.
And yet this frees me to hopeful instead of despairing.
Some people find the daily work a distraction.
A barrier between them and their real self.
This is my real self.
This is my real life.
I am changing the world today by changing one life at a time.
By being fully present, by making space for God wherever I walk,
by being open and full of invitation to the Holy Spirit.
I am changing the world and I am starting with myself.
So I find hope here.
I find hope in the corners of my daily life.
I am finding hope because I am surrounded by love.
This is it.
No do-overs.
My hope is that what I am doing now,
today,
matters."
There are so many days that I feel completely defeated in what I am trying to do with my life. It's easy for me to focus on everything that I am not accomplishing in a day, instead of all the good that comes from it. It's easy to feel stressed by all the demands being flung in my direction by so many different people with so many different needs, and I almost always feel like I am failing in some capacity. But reading this really hit me. What I am doing does matter, and the proof is in these little faces.
7 comments:
You are doing a fabulous job! I know I can speak for myself only but I feel you on this... I felt this way last week but at the end of the day, you are trying and that is more important than anything. Success is in the trying!
PS: Matthew talks about you (specifically) a lot just so you know - you had a huge impact on his life and that is also important to know!!!
What a great picture! Funny that you should post this because I JUST finished telling a co-worker how lucky we are to have you in our kids' lives!
Thanks ladies! :)
I love this picture. And what you are doing today matters more than you know.
ahhh yes. And in the not-so-distant future, all of those faces (and others!) will share with you the wonderful memories they have of playing/learning/and being loved by you. ;) You make a difference in the lives of my children. Every day.
Some day in the not-so-distant future, these little faces will be grown up and will share with you the memories they have of playing/learning/laughing/and being loved by you when they were little. And you will forget that you ever once questioned how important your work was with them.
Thanks! I too needed to read that today. I haven't even looked when this was actually posted but I've been so busy I'm just now getting caught up with a lot of stuff.
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