You know, it was amazing but i didn't check twitter or facebook even once on Sunday! guess what? the world didn't end! my world didn't fall apart. when i got home from work (put in some extra hours to make up for the time i'll get off later this week) i shuffled around a bit, made something to eat, talked on the phone with my friend Nancy for a little bit, and finally decided i'd check out fb. but then...... i hesitated, the first 3 posts i saw, didn't look that much different then anything else i'd seen previously, thought to myself, 'so what if i miss something, i'll just be reposting a lot of things people have already seen, so what......' so i stopped and didn't scroll down any further. made a comment on my daughters post about the weather (brrrrrr), then searched for what a few of my *likes* posted, paula white, joseph prince, jesse duplantis, & joel osteen, to see what nuggets of encouragement & wisdom i could find. that was worth the time for sure! stop all this beating ourselves up please, the world is angry enough without our being angry with ourselves to add to to it!
I'm currently watching 'ratatouille', while i write this, should be going to bed and i will, soon, but i just feel like i have something on my mind that i want to share, and watching this delightful childrens cartoon movie helps me to relax & 'sort things out'.
we're rapidly approaching the end of 2012. i'm not talking about the mayan & nostradamas supposed prophecies, or that thing about the extra planet, or the alignment of all the planets with the center of our galaxy, and all the things that are supposed to happen because of this nonsense.
No, i'm talking about the whole 12 months of the year 2012. what happened to it? it just seems to have gone by so fast?
what did i accomplish? what should have i accomplished? i know we're supposed to look back and come to grips with our *mistakes*, learn from them & make new year resolutions for the year 2013. WHY? where in God's word does it say to do that? why do we beat ourselves up over this, EVERY YEAR?
I'll be honest, i made mistakes, there are things i wish i'd said or done differently, things i wish i hadn't said or done, and some things i wish i HAD done, some things i'm glad i did or didn't do. so what? that's life! just exactly who came up with this stupid idea about *new years resolutions* and examing the year we just completed? I really don't want to beat myself up over past mistakes any more, or set (unrealistic) expectations that i might or might not achieve.
that doesn't mean i don't have goals, but they are mostly the same goals i'm always trying to achieve, spend more time with God, my family & friends, lose some weight, pay bills & save $$, & do a better job cleaning house (which the last 2 would be a whole lot easier if i were rich & had a maid! LOL). but i'm not going to beat myself up if i didn't do everything EXACTLY how i wanted to do it this last year, and i'm not going to make some long list of expectations for next year. i'm going to just do what i can, to do as much as i can, and enjoy my life.
Life is just too short to spend it worrying about what we didn't do or should do. i mean, c'mon, we all know what we're supposed to be doing! I'm not saying don't set goals, of course we have goals, but one of those goals should be to enjoy life while we try to reach the other goals! and that's my goal for next year: enjoy my life while i try to do the best i can!
so let's stop all this beating ourselves up please, the world is angry enough without our being angry with ourselves to add to to it!
blessings & peace
y'all have a great week!
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