A Day Late And...

      Yes, I am a day late and maybe even a few dollars short, but sometimes life is just that way and we have to make the best of it. Actually the reason I am late IS a good one because I am spending a week with my youngest son and his wife and then next week may be the same since, as far as my blog goes, I will be spending a week with my second to the oldest son, his wife and their 3 kids. A positive thing for sure. It has set me behind on my blog, BUT it has also brought to mind a lesson I had to learn many years ago: putting things in the right priority. You see I have been very schedule oriented for as long as I can remember and so when things or even people messed up my schedule I would get highly frustrated. And then I remember reading something along these lines, "If things become a higher priority than people, then your priorities are wrong. Never put things above people." That hit me hard back then and I quickly decided that I needed to deal with my issues by having a plan B or plan C or D or....! Well, you get the idea, right? And if I get to the end of the alphabet with all the plans being changed? Then I start using numbers and, as you know, numbers can go on forever. The whole point I am trying to make is that if I am so set on making sure that my house is so immaculate I do not have time to spend with my kids, or if my reading/study is so important that I do not have time to visit with friends, or if my technology time is so important that I do not have time to go help someone in need or visit a lonely person, well, then my priorities are all wrong. I remember when my children were little I had a hard time getting my study time in. And anyone who knows me knows I prize my study time!!! Well, was it worth it to be angry and chew out my kids who need their Mom and her help, training and example? Nope, but my studying was important, so what did I do? I chose to get up a couple of hours earlier so I had my study time and was totally ready to be there for my kids! That's just one example.  Spend quality time cleaning the house WITH your kids in a postive, partnership way! Even using technology to communicate with the lonely is good! And I could go on and on and make this the longest blog I have ever written, but I won't! Just take the time to consider the people in your life and how you can truly be there in a good, positive, uplifting way for them because in reality, when all is said and done, IT IS the people that will truly matter!!!