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I've been lying awake for several hours, and finally decided to get up at 4:45 am -- I have a lot to accomplish today so I might as well get started!
A couple of writing projects with deadlines tomorrow have been occupying my mind -- in the sense that I worry about getting them done, but can't seem to get inspired to write! Not a happy feeling to have writer's block with a deadline looming. So the main goal today is to get unblocked, crank out the writing, and be done with it.
I am praying I have no unexpected interruptions of the kind that will throw me off track today. There is a certain person in my office who has a knack for bringing me editing that he thinks is simple and straightforward, but which usually serves to mess up my day entirely! It's just about time for him to put in an appearance -- it usually happens on the day before I have something big due. If I were better organized I would plan margins into my day so that I could deal with such interruptions more gracefully -- but writer's block is no respecter of margins! :-D
Waking up worrying about what I have to do today, I found it interesting that I should be led to read the following in my devotions this morning:
"Give all your worries to him, because he cares about you" (1 Peter 5:7).
The German word for worry means "to strangle." The Greek word means "to divide the mind." Both are accurate. Worry is a noose around the neck and a distraction of the mind, neither of which is befitting for joy. -- from Max Lucado's "Grace for the Moment"
Guess I'd better choose joy today, before I ruin the day with worry. :-D
A couple of writing projects with deadlines tomorrow have been occupying my mind -- in the sense that I worry about getting them done, but can't seem to get inspired to write! Not a happy feeling to have writer's block with a deadline looming. So the main goal today is to get unblocked, crank out the writing, and be done with it.
I am praying I have no unexpected interruptions of the kind that will throw me off track today. There is a certain person in my office who has a knack for bringing me editing that he thinks is simple and straightforward, but which usually serves to mess up my day entirely! It's just about time for him to put in an appearance -- it usually happens on the day before I have something big due. If I were better organized I would plan margins into my day so that I could deal with such interruptions more gracefully -- but writer's block is no respecter of margins! :-D
Waking up worrying about what I have to do today, I found it interesting that I should be led to read the following in my devotions this morning:
"Give all your worries to him, because he cares about you" (1 Peter 5:7).
The German word for worry means "to strangle." The Greek word means "to divide the mind." Both are accurate. Worry is a noose around the neck and a distraction of the mind, neither of which is befitting for joy. -- from Max Lucado's "Grace for the Moment"
Guess I'd better choose joy today, before I ruin the day with worry. :-D
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Hello
Date: 2004-11-29 05:57 am (UTC)From:That is a wonderful saiding to live by. I need to remember it more often. Prayers and thoughts of nothing but joy for you today.
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Re: Hello
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