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an uncomfortable comment....
05:06 PM, Monday, November 6, 2006
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Connie Peterson (aka Spinning Grandma) said something on my last post that started me thinking. I was going on about how much I love our new house, and she said "I hope you enjoy it as much as you think you will." what? how could I not? I must say I was affronted at her lack of excitement for me. but, like all bits of true wisdom, the phrase stuck with me, hounding me, and making me think. Now, instead of being affronted, I am grateful to her. see, we often think "I will be happy when I have..." - when I am..." "-when ---- happens." Did I think that having a house this nice, a "yard" this big would be all that I needed to make me happy? I don't know. I have felt very happy this past week, but a lot of that has been my satisfaction in a big kitchen, attributed to the excess of sunshine coming through my windows (more in my bedroom here than in my entire house in SLC), and watching the kids run outside. my dh has started taking ds4 with him in the mornings - a little daddy-son time - to the mailbox at the top of the driveway; then Bug walks home. We are learning new homekeeping skills, both of us, and I enjoy that. we are also learning how to use our resources and to plan ahead, after all, we can't just run to the store when we are out of bread.So, does this new house make me happy? will it make me as happy as I have thought it will? I think it will, not because it is my little piece of heaven, but because of what I make of it. I trust that the Lord will guide my steps to the self-sufficiency of which I dream, and that he will content me with my family and home. thank you, Spinning Grandma, for your bit of wisdom; that is what I say is the mark of a true friend: willing to tell truths that sometimes cause discomfort, but always make one evaluate the statement. Leave a Comment { Last Page } { Page 150 of 210 } { Next Page } |
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