I was reading from a book my friend Chris had given me called "Simple Abundance" by Sarah Ban Breathnach. The entry was September 28 "A Time for Everything".
It starts out:
"There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven." - Ecclesiastes 3:1
The author comes back with: "Yes, but they are not the same time. You cannot raise happy, secure, emotionally well-adjusted children, revel in a fabulous marriage and work a 60 hour week. You want to, I know. So do I. But we can't. It is physically, emotionally, psychologically and spiritually impossible. We have tired. We have failed."
She continues: “We can not circumvent the laws of Heaven and Earth just because it would be convenient. Just because it would fit nicely into our plans. We have tried. We have failed."
"When we cannot do it all at the same time, we are meant to do only some of it. In order to find out what the 'some' is to be, we need to ask: What is it I truly want right now? What is it I truly need? How do I get it? How much does it cost in life's currency?" (This is where I am at in my own life.)
"This might be the season for you to wipe a runny nose. That doesn't mean the season of running your own business won't occur. This might be the season of ......."
"You probably can have it all, just not at the same time. You might have to make certain compromises when your children are small. But your children are going to be small for a very short period of time... It will go by in a blink of an eye and you will only be 40, 50, or 60 with another 15 or 25 years ahead of you. A quarter of a century to do what you want to do, the way you want to do it."
"Blessed is the woman who know her own limits."
Namaste.
3 comments:
Joan, Sara's book is one of my all time favorites! I even thought of you when I read the passages the past few days - glad to see "we're on the same page!" Sr. Rosemary
...hey sweet one. i have missed you. lots going on, but i think of you and that lovely positive spirit often. love the quote from the book...looks like another one i need to add to my collection. peace my friend, mickey
JOAN! Could I just love you anymore?? This post, was again, just what I needed to hear today - lovely! THANK YOU . . . thank you for always posting such beautiful reminders of staying peaceful and living life the way it's meant to be lived.
I'm finally back to visiting my favorite people in blogland . . . missed you!
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