Let our calendar show our seasons

Have you ever looked outside and said " I can't wait for this rain to let up", or " I can't wait for winter to be overs," and before you know it the calendar say's it's spring and you happen to look outside and realize the grass is green and it happened over night?

As I'm sitting on the couch and started to think about my calendar, I also glanced outside and to my amazement the beautiful sun was out and the grass was green I could also see the flowers in my garden sprout out and start to bloom. I thought "wow it seemed like yesterday everything was dead" I started to reflect on the past days had I been so busy that I didn't notice it was spring, that the grass and buds were starting to come out or did the grass really become green within at least a 2 night period? I know that with nice weather the grass being green, tree'[s and flowers blooming is common. I know that since I was little of course. But it made me realize that my calendar could possibly be holding me back from enjoying life and the quality of it. And not only that because I was unproductively busy, did I truly get anything out of it? 

During each season whether we like the cold more than the heat or the heat more than the cold, there is a point to it. The hibernation that happens, the growth that comes after. It all means something. The story's, the science, the mother-nature of it all has a reason. 

Our busy chaotic lives built around the demands of a lot of "supposedly benefits of staying busy" has put our minds into a panic and our schedules, our emotions, and even our physical traits reflect the high intensity agenda's. And what do we get out of the business of meeting others demands? Defeat. ( not always ) Instead of heading into the activity, or storm, the challenge the " new method" with full intentions and our time, we find shortcuts so that we can make sure we meet the demands of another activity on our schedule. In doing so we short ourselves on what could have been the greatest moment of our lives, or the greatest change welcomed into our lives, is now just another to do list. It comes and go's so fast we don't appreciate the story behind it, or the influence it could have had on you or your family.


  Example. And I'm using my family with my "faults" as the example because guess what? I make  a lot of mistakes when it comes to timing things. The other day we decided ( well I decided) to be spontaneous and go on a picnic with my mom and dad. Which means we needed lunch meat, bread and the condiments to go with it, I personally thought we had enough and my husband decided to upgrade the menu a touch. So I ran to the store and told him to eat, and get dressed. I had threw in a cinnamon roll in my mouth with some water and out the door I went. I am the kind of person that is on the go go go.. I mean I have a schedule and I don't  like to add to it, because I pack it in with routine and hustle. Where as my husband, well he likes to take his time and make sure things are done right and nothing left undone, he adds in a few things that can make it better. I don't have time to add things in! We gotta go! We have 3 kids and if we want to go on a picnic without a war zone because we didn't eat or leave or drink enough well someone is going to be crabby. When I got home my husband was doing dishes! He wasn't dressed! I quickly started making sandwiches and yelling out the next to do on our list to the kids, consistently telling him to hurry and get ready. I was frustrated, stressed. I hadn't fully eaten, not showered and we were suppose to be meeting my parents. My husband taking his sweet time and not being helpful getting out the door in my opinion. I mean the dishes could have waited!

So what's the part about seasons? Although it isn't a full on full season here, I could have done things differently I could have asked the kids to help me and we could have enjoyed making the sandwiches together and they could have finished up while I went and got ready. I was so busy with my go go go that I let the growth of us as a family preparing together pass by  me. And that is just a small example of what we do, what the habits we have created as a society in filling up our agendas and letting the season, letting the moment pass us by. 

Don't let this pass you by, leave me a comment! Share this with a friend that can use some evaluation on their agenda. And don't forget to be in the moment!

Your friend
Connie 
​xoxo