Today I had the whole day to do as I pleased. I had the kids for part of the day, but still, I could do whatever I wanted with the day 1. I have a list of things to do about a mile long, but instead I chose to work outside on my latest loom restoration project for a friend. I was in my bliss.
Previously I had given the loom a once over, and figured out all the problems and either fixed or figured out a fix for most of them. All I had left was to completely break it down, clean it, lubricate all the moving parts and put it back together. That’s what I worked on today and it felt so good. I was simply taking my time in working to transform something from a dilapidated state to something beautiful again. I’ve still got a little ways to go and look forward to finishing up the job soon.
I think the thing I liked most was how I felt as I was working on it. I lost all track of time and was completely absorbed in what I was doing. It didn’t feel like work. It felt like me just being me. I want more of that in my life.
- Isn’t it true that we can always chose how we spend our day? Granted we will always have responsibilities, but we do have a choice in the big picture of what we do with our lives and the direction we decide to send it. I think this is the topic of an upcoming post… ↩