Just Be.

I took this picture earlier this summer, and these flowers are gone now, but it's a good picture for today's entry.

It's a beautiful spring day. I know it's the middle of the summer, but the weather is perfect, just like spring. I'm sitting at my desk at work, just 7 steps away from an open door, a beautiful breeze blowing in, a bit of sunshine almost making its way to me. Even the air smells wonderful. Sometimes I feel just silly for sitting here at work for 8 hours of my day, spending another 2 hours of my day in the car. And what do I do with the rest of my day? I'm certainly not outside, enjoying it like I should. I'm wasting time watching tv, sorting the mail, making sure our house is just clean enough to prevent insect infestations. I spend so much of my life just doing stuff to keep me going, keep food on the table, keep a place to live ok, that I never just sit and enjoy life and just be. I need to learn how to be.

Comments

[Kelly]

Beautiful pic and great entry....! I miss you Jen. Nathan is still really sick, I just posted about it on Caras blog under her school entry if you want to read it.
Kell

[Sue]

Your words are so true....sigh. I linked back to you in my latest post. We are all too busy doing 'stuff' to just sit back and 'be'.

Great entry.

[CaraH]

Those days are so bittersweet... makes you just want to take your kids out and run around in a field of daisies, doesn't it?

Love ya!

[Tanya]

Oooh Jen-- you have no idea how badly I needed to read that entry. I am having a feel sorry for me day already (it's ONLY 8:33 UGH!?)-- and that picture and talk about spring weather kind of made me happy for a moment or two! Beautiful pic!
Have a great day Jen!

[Grace]

Even the air smells wonderful with a breeze? I am SO jealous! I'm trying hard [sniff-sniff] to imagine that moment.

[emily]

I need to learn how to not be busy all the time.Have days with nothing planned.I sometimes feel every minute of our life is planned.