The Beauty in Things I Could Complain About

The Beauty in Waking up Dumb Early

March 20, 2013
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This morning as my mother scurried around the home very early to accommodate a two hour commute for a rare employment obligation, my daughter hopped out of bed and called for her mama.  I was tempted to lure my daughter back to sleep and enjoy several more hours of sleep, especially since my son sleeps like he’s in college.  Instead, I nudged my son and began the day very early.  The work day is beginning for some and we have been awake for nearly 4 hours.  Often times people who are not working do not get up before the sun, but when you do you are reminded of the Beauty: the Beauty in children who do not fight you at nap time, the Beauty in getting things done early, the Beauty in having more hours in your day, the Beauty in the early bird gets the worm, the Beauty in seeing the sun rise, the Beauty in waking up dumb early. mull-sunrise-2-900x600-srgb


The Beauty in Not Enough Time

February 16, 2013
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There are 10,080 minutes in a week.  There are 1,440 minutes in a day.  If we won ten thousand dollars or even a thousand dollars we would feel so blessed; however, when it comes to our time, we get this dreaded feeling that it simply is not enough.  When someone is doing time, it cannot pass fast enough; when someone is trying to cope with heartache and loss, a person is encouraged to be patient because time heals all wounds.  Often times when we have to schedule all that we have to get done in addition to the rest that our responsibilities require, there is not sufficient amounts of time and some of our needs do not get met and a lot of rest is sacrificed too, but we have to remind ourselves of the Beauty: the Beauty in forgiving yourself for not getting it all done, the Beauty in making time, the Beauty in the quality and not quantity, the Beauty in how God sees time, the Beauty in not wasting time, business turning back timethe Beauty in not enough time.