Housekeeping

I'm at home for a week of vacation and I find myself drowning in unfinished business.  You know, all of those little things that you plan to do and have all of the good intention to complete but struggle to get to.  The list is long and most of the items seem insignificant at a glance.  I'm sure you have a similar list for the fall season: fix the weather stripping on the front door, seal & paint front bay window, clean out eaves trough & put up Christmas lights, clean out & cover fountain for winter, change batteries in smoke detectors, halloween decorations up for this weekend, etc., etc.  And that is just a few things around the house.  When I sit down and look at my desk there are dozens of things I have on the go personally that I would like to explore.  All the little details of our lives are squeezed in between the big issues we live everyday.

We all spend much of our time living outside of the present moment wrapped in thought about what was and what will be.  Analyzing what has happened and planning on where we want to be leads us to forget to simply enjoy life as it unfolds.  I don't believe happiness results from the volume of work you can perform or how many jobs you can juggle at once.  But we often fall into that trap don't we?

So I think that right now, in this moment, I will simply publish this post then head out for a run in the sun.  After that, well, I'll just see what comes up in the moment.

Cheers.