Happy Wednesday my friend!
Let me ask you a question…
When it comes to doing certain things in your life, do you do them because you want to do them, or have to do them?
Let’s take something like making dinner for your family.
I don’t know about you, but I’m responsible for the nightly dinner in our house. When my husband retired, he tried taking over these duties, but I didn’t like what he did, so I took that one back myself.
The thing is, I really don’t like cooking.
At all.
To me, it’s just a lot of time and energy for something that’s over with in minutes. I’d be just as happy (maybe even happier) with a bowl of cereal and toast. (Can you see why I struggle with too many carbs? haha)
Anyway, I just don’t like cooking.
I don’t like the planning, the grocery shopping…don’t even get me started on the Kroger app🤬…the unpacking the shopping…the cleaning…the putting away…the pulling out and prepping…the cooking itself.
I do usually enjoy the eating…😉
And I really enjoy what happens around the table during and after the eating.
The conversation.
The laughter.
Even the arguments.
And most of all, I love how a full tummy and plenty of time seem to be a key that opens my son’s heart and mouth, and what happens in that golden time is often like a window to his soul.
I still don’t like cooking. (I know, this is just a thought, and I could change that thought if I really wanted to…I’m working on it…) 🙂
But I really LOVE what cooking that nightly dinner does for the relationship between me and my son and my husband.
So even though I don’t want to cook dinner for my family night after night. I try to do it at least 3-4 nights a week to get to what happens when I do it.
And suddenly, that “I don’t want to” thought becomes a “I get to” thought.
And as I’ve thought this through (last night was an unusually tasty and fun meal, resulting in my son and husband heading out for ice cream afterwards) I realize that there are many areas of my life, where if I would just push through and DO the thing I really don’t want to do, my “don’t want to” just might change into a “I get to,” and that sounds pretty good to me.
I hope you “get to” do more of what brings you joy this week.
Love ya,
Christy 🙂
P.S. I also “get to” write ​books​ about my favorite subjects, God and Pickleball. If you want to take a peek, ​here’s a link​ to make it easy for you. xoxo