Comfort (FMF)

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It has been a few weeks since I have participated in a Five Minute Friday.  I’ve been thinking more than writing.  I’ve been cooking more than writing.  I’ve discovered that creating a really good cookbook–takes hours and hours of work.  I’m also taking video, it just helps to SEE how things happen.  I’ve been busy . . . just not posting.

So here is my FMF with Lisa-Jo Baker.

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Uggh.  Comfort.  What a hard word on my first day back to FMF.

Comfort food, yes!  oh wait, I’ve lost 10 pounds–not comfort food just yet.

I’ll just say it–I’m not in a place of comfort right now.  I’m in turmoil.  I’m in a mental and spiritual storm.  Not in a drama way . . . where I feel the need to bring attention to myself.  But in a deep down sort of “I think I know what my purpose is, now what do I do?”

I’m feeling the need to quiet myself so that I can find comfort in knowing that

I AM ON THE RIGHT PATH!

When I get busy–it seems like I immediately forget where I’m going, what is important, and the plan of how I will get there . . .  Lord, show me the path, keep showing me my purpose, and Lord, I know it is hard with me but continue to lead me.   Be Blessed.

STOP

 

Opportunity

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Do you drive a lot?  I do.  I have morning drop off and afternoon pick up.  I have noon pick up 3 times a week.  Soccer practice, speech therapy appointments, occupational therapy appointments, soccer games, track practice, track meets . . .  then the grocery store and Target!

I drive the same route for everything except soccer.  It gets kind of boring. But today it was different.

Each day I drive down a road that t-bones into a busier road–and I need to take a left.  So it is a “quiet corner” and no one in the car can talk.

As I wait to make my left, cars are bombing down the road going straight and many cars are lined up to turn down the road I’m on . . . and I need to wait for my opportunity to go.

Today was different.  As I waited for my opportunity to go . . . it became a metaphor of my life.  Things are rushing past me, turning next to me–sometimes with an indicator and sometimes not (so I can never really trust that the car will turn), cars blocking my left turn, as I wait for them to turn left (they have the right of way) and I sit–quietly–waiting for a safe opportunity to go.

How often do opportunities come in and out of our lives . . . but it is too busy, or we are distracted, or we miss them because we couldn’t pull out fast and safe enough to grab them.

I’ve been working very hard at creating opportunities but now I’m wondering if I should stop trying so hard and just let opportunity knock at my door . . . What do you think?  do you seek opportunity?  do you let it flow to you?  or a combination?

Be Blessed.

How to Choose a CSA

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May’s contribution to Green in 356 with Emily at Live Renewed.

Green in 365 series

This is Day 120 of the Green in 365 series!

By Renee from Joyful Mom

I miss my mint. I miss my tomatoes, my chives, my apple trees, pear trees and . . . well you get the idea. In my old house I didn’t have a huge garden but over time I figured out what grew well and what my family ate. I was blessed to have an awesome Farmers Market that was open on Wednesday and Saturday, to supply me with incredible local food.

When we moved I left with mint in one hand and a lilac bush in the other.

Choosing a CSA That's Right for You

Photo by Andy Roberts/Flickr

I had my work cut out for me–we moved in May. I had a house full of boxes and we were all feeling displaced. I decided that we would put down “new roots” in a very literal way. I went to Home Depot and purchased a 4 x 4 garden bed.  The kids had a great time filling it with bags of organic soil. I found a organic plant sale . . . it was a start.

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I’m linking up with Claire–she is awesome!  Check out her blog here!