Reminders

I try to start each morning with quiet time at my desk in what we call the sitting room. It’s the same room where I’d been doing daily yoga for 15 minutes, but now the floor is covered in Christmas boxes of decorations waiting to be put away but the attic is freezing and we have another yoga mat downstairs and it’s easier to just not deal with it right this minute. Maybe when the temps are above freezing… sometime in April…

Anyway, I put up year-round decorations so I’d have something to look at other than where the wall meets the ceiling. I spent a lot of time coloring as a kid, so that’s in my DNA and I enjoy it though I don’t do enough of it. I started with the dress and flowers, then remembered I had actual photos printed out of nature (of course I did- you’ve seen my photos on my phone) and since I’d discovered this quote which I love it made sense to put it all together. I got a box, cut off a flap, taped my photos on, and push pinned it to the wall. The quote with the photos is from Hal Borland: No winter lasts forever- no spring skips its turn.

 The green post it is a quote from Beth Moore’s Voices of the Faithful compilation: Contentment has little to do with what we have or lack. It is a state of mind.

 

The pink post it is Ecclesiastes 3:15 and reads, “Whatever is has already been, and what will be has been before; and God will call the past to account.”

These reminders help calm my heart when I get overwhelmed by winter cold, negative news feeds, doomsday scrolling, what I want to be doing but can’t because it’s the wrong season/time/geographical location/life right now. 

It’s comforting to know that people have been freaking out about the state of things throughout time. The Bible also says, “there is nothing new under the sun.” Anne of Green Gables talks about “the sun will go on rising and setting whether or not I fail geometry” and “tomorrow is a fresh new day with no mistakes in it”. Don’t let the 683 days of January bog you down or freeze you out. Put on your warm clothes, get your hot drink, and find some good to do unto others whilst being good to yourself! They are not mutually exclusive. Take good care of you, find or make something beautiful, and stay warm!