Naturally Optimistic

Ugh-I have so many grand plans. Why can't I make them come to fruition? I can't even keep up with reading SIMPLE ABUNDANCE for crying out loud! I was going to all sorts of things for CAOK & I haven't managed to do but one or two (which were fairly lame, anyway). My 11 a month in'11 was supposed to be me making 11 of something each month so I could build up my Etsy inventory & launch a store by early summer. THAT hasn't happened. The decorations for our St. Patrick's Day party are not yet up (let alone made). All the million things on my to-do list go undone. I guess I'm just feeling a bit in a funk today. Meh.

As I've mentioned I've been reading SIMPLE ABUNDANCE again this year and trying to take time to get my life in order so I can enjoy all that it offers. This entry from yesterday was particularly potent to me. I'd like to share it with you: January 25 -- from Simple Abundance by Sarah Ban Breathnach Up until now many of us have secretly believed that we had to wait until things calmed down a bit before we started to get our acts together. Tomorrow we'll begin discovering authentic pleasures. Tomorrow we'll treat ourselves better. Tomorrow we'll take the time to enjoy ourselves. Tomorrow, when everything calms down. This I can report from the front lines: life never calms down long enough for us to wait until tomorrow to start living the lives we deserve. Life is always movement, always change, always unforeseen circumstances. There will always be something trying to grab your attention: the phone call, the child, the fax, the car breaking down, the check that nev...