It is hard to believe, but I posted my first blog almost exactly 3 years ago. I have always held fast to my commitments, not only to others, but also to myself. Other than the few breaks I have taken, I have posted blogs five days a week, excluding weekends and holidays. Looking back, I see that I have posted 599 of them. Today will make 600.
I have also been working 30 hours a week, growing a garden, maintaining a yard, and taking care of all the other necessary parts of life such as doing laundry, cooking, eating, and washing dishes. We are now heading down the last stretch of summer and I have realized that my life of late has been far too much “doing” and not enough “being.” I want to have time to sit on my porch, sip sun tea, and take pleasure in the flowers that I have grown. Soon it will be too cold and/or windy to enjoy being outdoors. My 70th birthday is approaching and I want to walk quietly and gently from this life when my time is up – not fly over the finish line without ever having taken the time to enjoy those things that have enriched it.
There are still things I need to do – and want to do – but I am choosing now to take things a bit slower and re-access my priorities. Beginning today, I will be posting only two blogs a week, instead of five. They will usually appear on Mondays and Wednesdays. Please feel free to comment on and share them. In the meantime, I will be relaxing on my front porch, rejuvenating my creativity and relishing the final days of summer.
