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good things on the horizon
Have you ever wondered just exactly how far away the horizon is? Sometimes it seems to be just over that small rise ahead, and at other times it seems to be hundreds, even thousands, of miles away. And what happens when you get past that small rise that made the horizon look so close? Usually you see there’s another small rise, and again it seems the horizon has moved to a place that is just barely out of your reach.
Those small rises represent the obstacles in my life that take my time and attention, and stand in the way of some lofty goals. Some of the obstacles are well worth the effort it takes to conquer them, and I wouldn’t trade those learning experiences for anything. Then there are some goals, dreams, hopes and desires that just seem so far away as to be unattainable, and the obstacles so large as to be insurmountable.
I admit freely I am not the best manager of time. I like to sit and think, drifting away on my own thoughts, spending hours in what my school teachers used to call daydreams. And when I write, it takes me forever to get my thoughts properly expressed in a way that makes sense once those thoughts are released from the confines of my brain (where they make perfect sense until someone asks me to explain them).
And there are the distractions. Distractions can be good ~ if I get too wrapped up in what I’m doing, sometimes I need a break and don’t realize it. Usually a break will come in the form of a disruption, or distraction, that breaks my concentration on the task at hand. And really, that’s not always a bad thing. But some distractions are simply rabbit trails that suck away my time and attention ~ those are the distractions that have no real purpose that leads to my good or improvement.
Supposedly it’s all about prioritizing. But what if just about everything you want to do is high on the list of things you want to do?? At times frustration abounds, because prioritizing what’s best over what’s best is a really hard thing to do.
This blog started out as a way for me to tell the stories of regular life around our house, and to keep people up to date as to what we’ve been doing. It also became a place for me to express my thoughts and opinions. I’m not sure when it turned into a platform where I had to be careful about what I wrote or what I posted simply because our life became messy. There have been actual court cases where someone’s writings on the internet were used against them. Sad, but true. I have no desire to give anyone ammunition against me or my family just because I posted on my blog how I really felt about something (or someone).
So, I’ve fallen away from posting my thoughts and opinions like I used to here. That makes me sad ~ mainly because I enjoyed having the ability to write whatever I wanted to write, about whatever I wanted to write about, whenever I wanted to write about it.
My life is overwhelmingly full right now ~ overwhelmingly in a good way, not a negative way. My life is so FULL ~ it’s an incredible blessing that I want to be sure to receive completely. That’s mainly where my attention has been focused lately. Enjoying what I’ve been given, receiving the blessings, and learning through the difficulties. Yes, even difficulties can be blessings ~ it just depends on how you handle and what you do with them.
Would I love to tell you every little thing that goes on from day to day? Absolutely. (It would be up to you as to whether you read about them or not. 
) Unfortunately I can’t do that simply because of the ramifications or backlash that might ensue. There’s no reason to give anyone information they don’t need or aren’t willing to make the effort to get first hand (I’m speaking about a personal, “in real life” level here).
As I wrote previously, I have requested a couple of books to review. I love that publishers are willing to send free books to people who are willing to read them and write about them on the internet. Bibliophiles rejoice!
I won’t just be publishing book reviews, though (how boring would that be?!). I will continue to write about the things that are on my heart. They just won’t be as deeply personal in nature as they were when I first started writing this blog.
Now I just need to get my ducks in order, get everything back to its normal smooth sailing, and make the time to blog. I’m still working on that list of all of the good things I want to do ~ getting them in the correct order is challenging. But I think I’m up to it!
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