Drawing a Blank?!

      I fully planned  to write my new blog for this week yesterday, but all I truly came up with were blanks whenever I thought about it. I went through my scripture study books and my blog idea book and even just meditated on it a bit and nothing seemed to jump out at me! Nothing seemed right for some reason! And to tell you the truth nothing is really filling me up today and saying "Write this!" Not that there are not tons of things running around in my head, not to mention all my notes, studies, stories, books, etc., I could pull stuff from, just none of them seem to fit the bill today. But maybe that is what I need to write about. Because aren't there minutes that just seem off? Do they ever run into hours and days for you? If they go through weeks and months then that is downright scarey and we need to get help!!! So true that all of us have those moments when things just don't come together! Those hours when we just want to curl up in a nice warm ball and forget everything! Days when all you want to do is disappear into a book or into the TV! Do you ever have weeks like that? I have had several in the last few years and it is tough to fight them, but we gotta do it. Having time to yourself and doing things you like is not wrong. We ALL need to have that. And if the things we like are good and help us then they are good. But IF we allow them to take over for too long and control us, then they have lost their good and have become an addiction of sorts. Use me for an example. Is reading bad? No, it helps us learn and keeps our brain working. Reading is good, BUT even reading can become a negative when I allow myself to forget my other responsibilites and read 24/7! And I honestly could do that! I have come close to it many times. But other things suffer when I disappear into my reading. I have the responsibility for my physical well being as well, like eating, sleeping, exercising! Our bodies need that as well. And if I don't clean my house AND in the majority of the year stay up with the yard work, weeds, dirt, dust and clutter take over. When I was rasing my children I needed to be there for them! I could not just let them do whatever they chose to do while I read my books. Oh, yes, the times of wanting to disappear and not have to be present and deal with life happens to all of us sooner or later, more or less, but it happens. I am not saying don't ever give in, but give in with limits. Set a certain amout of time aside for that escape and then come back to reality and set time aside to do the necessary things. Evaluate things with the "Good, Better, Best" idea in mind for yourself and those you are responsible for as well as the ones who love, respect and care about you. And for not having anything to write about I did come up with something; something I need to tell myself again, and again, and again! And someday I may get it right, but until then I am going to keep trying to do better! And you? I hope you can, too!!!