This was the Daily Gem for today. I usually like the messages from Daily Gems. Today...not so much. I feel too tired to think of working. And just getting ready to work is work! I have to have the "perfect storm" of content kids to get anything done.
*sigh* One more thing to give me guilt (along with the dirty bathroom, unmopped floor, baskets of yet-to-be-folded laundry, lonely vacuum, smudged windows - no, that's not frost, etc.).
Work Is an Opportunity
"Work is an antidote for anxiety, an ointment for sorrow, and a doorway to possibility. Whatever our circumstances in life, my dear brethren, let us do the best we can and cultivate a reputation for excellence in all that we do. Let us set our minds and bodies to the glorious opportunity for work that each new day presents."
Dieter F. Uchtdorf, "Two Principles for Any Economy," Ensign, Nov. 2009, 56
On a more positive note: Sarah is doing much better...a comment you may not fully understand since I never blogged about the night of endless crying/screaming followed by a second visit to the doctor's office (one Sat. morn, one Mon. morn), only to be seen by the PA who checked her ears but had to be reminded to check her throat and sent me home with a "good luck" and "hang in there", but took my money.
Anyway, she's back to sleeping in her crib and not coughing like her last breath is being forced from her throat. I'm very grateful for the nebulizer our insurance company paid for when the boys were little. It keeps coming in handy!
I totally understand how this particular Gem might sound overwhelming to you right now. But keep in mind that you are working FULL-TIME already. He doesn't say that working OVERTIME brings blessings; rather, he counsels us to "do the best we can" and then allow ourselves (both mentally & physically) to glory in what we have accomplished.
ReplyDeletePerpetually scrubbed bathrooms and laundry that is folded the minute it comes out of the dryer might be the work of some women, but it is the EXCESS of others. Remember, we are also commanded to not run faster than we have strength.
There's my pep talk for the day! :-)
All is always changing. Neither sorrow or joy are static states, nor last forever.
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