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Dear Holly,
I have started re-reading your book. I really feel like it is the first time reading it. It is amazing. What I have picked up so far is this...... I felt like for the first time I was being given permission to take care of myself, without feeling selfish. What I mean is that when it comes to exercising, this is something I would love to be doing (we even got a membership to a local gym last summer, which we have NEVER used) but I always feel like I would be taking too much time away from my family. When I read your overview I felt that I was being given permission to do this.
Now the other point that has really struck me has to do with something I read in the first chapter - you mentioned how you made up your schedule; and what struck me is that you didn't base it on what "should" be done, but you based it on what everyone (and the house) NEEDED! I have been realizing a lot lately, in every aspect in my life, that I am so focused on what "should" be getting done that I haven't noticed what "needs" to get done. Does that make sense? I have noticed this in everything from housework to schoolwork.
So I am taking baby steps to my new rule. I am working on prayer right now, and hopefully one day soon I will do my room inventory. I am still trying to get everything else done (school, housework, etc), but I look forward to the day when they all have their "place". Please keep up your wonderful work. I really appreciate the time and effort you are putting into this, it is truly beneficial. It may take me a long time to get my act together, but I am hopeful that I will eventually.
Labels: About a Rule of Life
posted by Holly at 6:14 PM
1 Comments:
Your post reminds me of a story where the mother used to cut the pot roast ends off before putting it into the pot - only to have her daughter question this one day. After calling grandma, she found out that the family tradition of chopping off the ends originated because grandma's pot was too small!
So many of our ways of doing things have been inherited, supposed, or continued because "I've always done it that way!" Or we find ourselves saying, "Hey... I never really thought about it!"
But your post reminds us that it helps to think out our responsibilities - focus on the true essential needs - and thus streamline our work in the home and with our families so that our efforts equal the job requirements.
Thank you for writing. This was an excellent reminder.
Holly
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