I have been tired ... sick ..... sick and tired ... and everything in between. Three weeks ago I had a cold that seemed to run its course but I never really bounced back. Over the past week I have steadily gotten worse. My sinus' were killing me, my asthma flared up and I was just generally kind of miserable.
So I finally drug myself to the doctors and got the verdict ... sinus infection. But the bigger concern was that my lung function was only at 50%. Which explains being tired ..... and gives credence to my asthma flare up. After being poked and prodded I was sent on my way with one of the super antibiotics and the news to not exercise for a few days.
On the way home I called my mother because you are never to old to need your mommy when you are sick. Her very sympathetic response was ... "I told you to go to the doctor three weeks ago." I told her I would never rob her of the opportunnity to tell me that my mother was right.
So tonight I am curled up in front of the fire and looking forward to being able to breath normally again in a few days.
It has got to get better ... right?
Just Connie
Saturday, February 25, 2012
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Change of Perspective
I am preparing for a Community meeting tonight. That is nothing new meetings and community meetings are an integral part of the ministry. I recently told a friend that if it was not for meetings I would not have a social life. I said it in jest but I have to admit that there is some truth to it.
Left on my own I have a tendency to hibernate at home. To sit on the couch with my computer on my lap and the TV on in the background. But the reality is that too many of those kind of nights separate me from my community and the people I seek to serve. So I have made a conscious choice to be involved in community activities. I serve on the Kiwanis, on the Chamber of Commerce, on the Economic Improvement District, I volunteer at the school and serve on a host of other things besides.
Tonight's meeting is a Community Collaboration meeting. it seeks to help groups and organizations partner together more effectively and it will be a valuable time of planning and preparation for all of us.
The reality is that what the meeting is about tonight is important and good things will grow from it, but the most important thing is what it does for me. It takes me out into the community, introduces me to others who want to make a difference and will stimulate my heart and mind.
It is very easy to get discouraged with the constant reality of meetingsin my life and I have to admit there are times that I resent the time they take up. But I think as I go into the meeting tonight, I need to keep in front of me, not only what I can contribute, and what the cost is to me, but what these meetings are contributing in my own life.
That is a different kind of perspective .... and perspective changes everything.
Just Connie
Left on my own I have a tendency to hibernate at home. To sit on the couch with my computer on my lap and the TV on in the background. But the reality is that too many of those kind of nights separate me from my community and the people I seek to serve. So I have made a conscious choice to be involved in community activities. I serve on the Kiwanis, on the Chamber of Commerce, on the Economic Improvement District, I volunteer at the school and serve on a host of other things besides.
Tonight's meeting is a Community Collaboration meeting. it seeks to help groups and organizations partner together more effectively and it will be a valuable time of planning and preparation for all of us.
The reality is that what the meeting is about tonight is important and good things will grow from it, but the most important thing is what it does for me. It takes me out into the community, introduces me to others who want to make a difference and will stimulate my heart and mind.
It is very easy to get discouraged with the constant reality of meetingsin my life and I have to admit there are times that I resent the time they take up. But I think as I go into the meeting tonight, I need to keep in front of me, not only what I can contribute, and what the cost is to me, but what these meetings are contributing in my own life.
That is a different kind of perspective .... and perspective changes everything.
Just Connie
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
The Mess
Always in a hurry, always in a hurry ..... that seems to have been my theme song for the last few weeks. Besides the normal frenetic-ness of a pastors day I have been cleaning and reorganizing at home. The house right now is a DISASTER!
Over the past three years my spare room had become the repository for things I did not want to deal with. Boxes of my sister's belongings, passed on to me after she died, my grandmother's things also passed on to me after she died. There are things from my dear friend Marilyn who passed away three years ago and of course there is Gerrald's things (my former spouse). All of it stuffed away because it was just too painful to sort through. Now I have desperate need of the room and all of that stuff must be sorted and organized.
Right now the living room is full boxes and piles that I am sorting, the family room is full of tools and equipment for the changes that are underway in the spare room, the dining room is full of piles of my sons clothes. I would love to say that the clutter and mess does not distress me, but the truth is I HATE it! It creates a tension and a dissonance that I do not like at all.
I am working long days and then going home at night and forcing myself to work on the piles of mess. I know that if I will stay with it, the project will get done, but right now it is in the overwhelming stage and frankly ..... I do not have anywhere to put this stuff! It is the reality of living in a small farm cottage. I have always worked to only keep what actually fits in the house. But I am finding it very hard to do that with this.
I keep telling myself, just sort through one pile or one box...... but right now the project is just soooooo big. So I will go home tonight put a smile on my face and tackle one pile.
I can do this .... I hope.....
Just Connie
Over the past three years my spare room had become the repository for things I did not want to deal with. Boxes of my sister's belongings, passed on to me after she died, my grandmother's things also passed on to me after she died. There are things from my dear friend Marilyn who passed away three years ago and of course there is Gerrald's things (my former spouse). All of it stuffed away because it was just too painful to sort through. Now I have desperate need of the room and all of that stuff must be sorted and organized.
Right now the living room is full boxes and piles that I am sorting, the family room is full of tools and equipment for the changes that are underway in the spare room, the dining room is full of piles of my sons clothes. I would love to say that the clutter and mess does not distress me, but the truth is I HATE it! It creates a tension and a dissonance that I do not like at all.
I am working long days and then going home at night and forcing myself to work on the piles of mess. I know that if I will stay with it, the project will get done, but right now it is in the overwhelming stage and frankly ..... I do not have anywhere to put this stuff! It is the reality of living in a small farm cottage. I have always worked to only keep what actually fits in the house. But I am finding it very hard to do that with this.
I keep telling myself, just sort through one pile or one box...... but right now the project is just soooooo big. So I will go home tonight put a smile on my face and tackle one pile.
I can do this .... I hope.....
Just Connie
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