Thursday, February 9, 2017

Do Small Things With Great Love




I bet you're thinking this post is going to be about Valentines Day.  Not exactly.  It's about everyday.  I know my blog is mainly about flowers and our work and in our work we bring smiles and experiences.  Our work is also about inspiration and love and what makes our soul bloom.  We want to inspire you not only in our work but in our everyday experiences and thoughts also.  Let's be honest, we are humans too and we get caught up in the everyday "to do list" too and next thing you know, we are overwhelmed with "Where do I start"?  Is it February?  Where did January go?  Uhh, The New Year?!  The..."This Is The Year I Will...Year!  The year my blog is going to be perfect and start the year off with a post each week and each month.  FYI...this is my first post since December and it's not even about flowers. The year my website is going to be exactly the way I want it.  The year of that bikini body picture you still have folded in your book or your wallet from 2000.  However insignificant this may all sound and so not life threatening, that's just it guys.  Life doesn't slow down for us.  It keeps going and feels like it speeds up as each week, month and year go by!   Knowing all that, we still try to say, "I will do it tomorrow, I will look at that next week, I will call first thing on Thursday, I will run starting Monday".  Whatever it is, we seem to all say the same things and realize 6 months later, (better yet), a year later nothing was or is checked off.  The list just gets longer and then the guilt sets in because now your check list is so big that you can't possibly begin now.  Who did you forget to send that card to?  Who never got the proper "Thank You" you've been wanting to give?  Who didn't get the phone call of just, "Hey, I'm checking in"?  Who didn't you remember?  Who or what was it that didn't get the "Check Mark"?  So, you try to start over and thus the viscous cycle begins.  I have news for you.  You are not the only one.  A lot of us if not most of us go through the same motions.  None of which are intentional.  You still want to do them and complete them no matter what it takes but Life takes over and your daily "to do's" become the priority.  Try to set one moment aside to get to 2 of the things on your check list.  What I've learned is "Baby Steps" is all it takes.  Does anyone remember the story of the Tortoise and the Hare?  It stands soooo true.  One check at a time.  One day at a time.  You don't have to do them all in one day.  You can just pick one thing and then you realize, how many seconds that one completed task took.  No time at all.  But that doesn't mean, try to do them all in one day.  One task at a time.  One day at a time.  In the end the process actually becomes enjoying (what the original intention was all along) rather than a chore. "THAT LIST" becomes that list.    One of the most beautiful proverbs, that I live by is, "To Do All Things With Love" and when you actually take the time to do just one of those things, you realize "THAT LIST" is not so bad and "THAT LIST" is full of love and great intention.  It may not pan out exactly how you've planned it but that's the beauty of Life and Life is GREAT!
I hope I was able to bring some peace to you today.  
Now, let me make that phone call :)


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