Waiting

I'm not good at waiting. Are you? I just thought I was a patient person until now. I'm 9 3/4 months pregnant and counting. I can't believe how long it seems to be taking for my fourth child to make his or her entrance! What's the dill, pickle?

My patience is tested all the time. And I thought, like I said before, that I was doing pretty well learning patience. But this is ridiculous! I know I'm ranting, but I just can't help it! So few people actually read this blog that it doesn't bother me (much) to show my true colors.

I even saw this movie once called "Waiting". (Can't say I recommend it though. If I remember right it's kinda raunchy...but really funny.) Anyway, the movie was about all the different people that worked at this restaurant and all the different things or events they were waiting on in life. In the end they all learn that living in the moment is what life is all about. I do this all time. Do you? Focusing so much on the "next step" in life, forgetting the potential of today.

Or that all we do today is prep for tomorrow. It doesn't have to be perfect. I do this with my kids all the time. I'll think to myself, "I wish I did this or that more with my kids." If I would just do it 10 or 15 minutes a day think of how much time that would add up to in a year. (Okay, if you are anything like me you had to stop reading and calculate it real fast. That would be 84 hours a year devoted to something you think is important, but next to impossible to accomplish, if you just spend 15 minutes a day doing it.)

Okay, not really sure how I got on that tangent. I guess all I'm saying is "Carpe Diem" and "Do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own." Hey, I think that's in the bible somewhere...

Hasta,
Jennifer