January 22, 2013

I've had an interesting week. I was so excited after accomplishing so much last Tuesday that as the week went on I really wanted to go back to my sewing room and keep working on my latest project. But then I felt like I wouldn't be true to the plan to only work one hour on Tuesday so I realized that there were other projects that needed to be accomplished that I could turn my attention to so I headed to the laundry room and cleaned up the counter and sorted things that needed to be thrown away, given away and put away. I guess my first choice would have been to go work on my latest quilt project - my first love but also an easy out from accomplishing other things. So again I found out that when I do the thing I love I become more productive in other areas of my life.   

Today I took the first hour that came and went to work. I had a violin lesson that got canceled from 8:45 to 9:45 am so I wrote a thank you to some friends and then headed upstairs to sew on the final panel of three squares to my sister's quilt.  I cut out the first border of black and sewed it in place. The final thing I was able to accomplish was to cut out the next border print. It's all waiting on the sewing table for next week.  It feels so great to actually be moving forward.

I have a new responsibility which gives me the opportunity to minister to the families of my Congregation. So I headed out to visit a family that has been through a lot in the last 2 months. I felt enthusiastic and energized to go do this work and it turned out to be the husbands 75th birthday. I took some divinity I had made a few days ago and it turned out to be his favorite homemade  candy. One good thing leads to another and I feel like I'm on the right track to accomplishing so many good things. I think when you feed yourself you are more open to promptings to reach out to others.