Ever so often, especially when things aren't going my way, I think to myself, "How will I feel about this a year from now?"
It helps me put things in perspective. What may seem like a crisis now, in the grand scheme of things, isn't such a crisis. It's that way with my frustrations with myself, too. When I think clearly, it's a temporary frustration and isn't all that important.
Today was my first day home all by myself, with my husband off at work, since May. I was so excited about having lots of time today to do whatever I wanted.
got the irrigation pump started (it was down all last week).
picked tomatoes (about 100 of them).
got distracted by a school/work related e-mail that turned into a must-do project today (even though it's my day off).
worked on a kids' charity quilt.
Of all those, the charity quilt was the most important. The top is done, the batting and backing are together, and I got it quilted.
On this day a year from now, six months from now, or a couple weeks from now, a child sick and in the hospital, might receive it on a day where things aren't going well for them.