O! Wanderers in the shadowed land
despair not!  For though dark they stand,
all woods there be must end at last,
and see the open sun go past:
the setting sun, the rising sun,
the day's end, or the day begun.
For east or west all woods must fail...

Someday I'll Live My Life

I think of myself in reference to my jobs.  I am a mother of 5, I am a wife, I am a laundress, an occasional house cleaner, cook, etc.  I don't often think of myself in terms other than that, and I seem to forget that underneath it all I am a person in my own right.  I am a child of God walking along this path of life seeking to live my life as I am best able.  My problem is that I forget to do so and get so caught up in the doing of my jobs.  I have a few blogs I love to read and so often bite my lip in secret jealousy.   How do these women do it all?  How do they take the time to harness their thoughts and write them down?  Did they put it off until all the laundry was done, the kitchen was clean, and the children were peacefully playing?  If only I could do what they do.  Maybe someday....  And so it goes.  Again I forget to breath, laugh and live so that I can get just one more thing done on my "to do" list.  So today I sat down and signed up for a blog account.  I can't say that anything is done on my list, but today, even if today only, I am going to live my life.  Now I am going outside to check on my garden, eat a fresh tomato, and laugh as my children run around outside.  Today I'm going to live.