The To Do list
The magic of summer is here. Or so it should be. I am ready to sit back and enjoy the warm days. The sun on my face, arms and legs. The longer days. The time outside with my family.
But first I must accomplish all the things I have set on my "to do list". The list of gardening, house repairs, cleaning. I find myself frustrated with the cloudy days ~ the ones that should be summer but are not. I find myself less than motivated to get all my tasks done. My list of summer tasks that I want to hurry and finish so that I can just ENJOY all the bounty of my summer. I don't feel I can actually be in summer until all my "to dos" are done.
But I am missing things. I am missing slow moments with my beautiful son doing nothing but swing or dig in the sand. I am missing the tiny moment of his excitement when the seeds we frantically planted start to sprout. I am missing the joyous giggles when the cold water hits him as he plays in the hose on a rare sunny day. I am missing the slow style of my husband who has his own list of summer projects that are meant to beautify and repair our home in preparation for the winter! I am so wrapped up in what I NEED to accomplish this summer before I can enjoy it that I have forgotten to just be where I am. I miss the moments because even when I slow down, my mind is wrapped up in what I must accomplish. Even in a moment with Espen I am thinking about the yard, the flower bed, the side of the house that needs painted, the yard sale I think I need to have and I fail to just enjoy that moment.
Be in the moment. Have patience with myself. Have patience with my son who has no hidden agenda or list of summer tasks. In fact, months ago his request was to do NOTHING for the summer. No classes, no school, no rushing here or there. He wanted to enjoy the pool, the yard and the time together. Have patience with my husband. The reality is that all of these things on my to do list are not priority. They are simply things that I want to get done because the weather allows. My priority is living in this moment with my family. Taking this day as it is and feeling at the end of it that I accomplished living it.
If I don't remember to be in the moment, when I list is finished, I will continue to feel unsettled. I will continue to miss beautiful moments searching and waiting for the next one.
Everything comes to us at the right moment. My task is not to simply get things done, from one task to the next. My task is to accomplish living and seeing the beauty in the smallest things, not tackling the largest ones.
But first I must accomplish all the things I have set on my "to do list". The list of gardening, house repairs, cleaning. I find myself frustrated with the cloudy days ~ the ones that should be summer but are not. I find myself less than motivated to get all my tasks done. My list of summer tasks that I want to hurry and finish so that I can just ENJOY all the bounty of my summer. I don't feel I can actually be in summer until all my "to dos" are done. But I am missing things. I am missing slow moments with my beautiful son doing nothing but swing or dig in the sand. I am missing the tiny moment of his excitement when the seeds we frantically planted start to sprout. I am missing the joyous giggles when the cold water hits him as he plays in the hose on a rare sunny day. I am missing the slow style of my husband who has his own list of summer projects that are meant to beautify and repair our home in preparation for the winter! I am so wrapped up in what I NEED to accomplish this summer before I can enjoy it that I have forgotten to just be where I am. I miss the moments because even when I slow down, my mind is wrapped up in what I must accomplish. Even in a moment with Espen I am thinking about the yard, the flower bed, the side of the house that needs painted, the yard sale I think I need to have and I fail to just enjoy that moment.
Be in the moment. Have patience with myself. Have patience with my son who has no hidden agenda or list of summer tasks. In fact, months ago his request was to do NOTHING for the summer. No classes, no school, no rushing here or there. He wanted to enjoy the pool, the yard and the time together. Have patience with my husband. The reality is that all of these things on my to do list are not priority. They are simply things that I want to get done because the weather allows. My priority is living in this moment with my family. Taking this day as it is and feeling at the end of it that I accomplished living it. If I don't remember to be in the moment, when I list is finished, I will continue to feel unsettled. I will continue to miss beautiful moments searching and waiting for the next one.
Everything comes to us at the right moment. My task is not to simply get things done, from one task to the next. My task is to accomplish living and seeing the beauty in the smallest things, not tackling the largest ones.
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