Trying Softer
I made a halfhearted plan to knock on our neighbor’s door, but when the time came, something more urgent arose, and I decided I’d visit tomorrow. Urgent things came up the next day and the next. Before I knew it, cars overflowed from this neighbor’s driveway into the street. I had waited too long.
People Before Things
I value creating a beautiful home for my family, but I’ll never be able to hold an appreciation for beautiful surroundings too dearly. So many of our things are broken now. Look in any direction in our house and you’ll find evidence of a non-preferred task or a sensory meltdown or a time when we said “No,” before we knew what reaction that word could elicit.
Stop Making Time for What Matters Most
In a world of two-hour delivery, on-demand movies, and online car buying, maybe we should ask ourselves, where is it that we find what matters most? Maybe it’s somewhere different than we thought. Maybe it is in the mundane tasks that make up life: the prescription pick-up, the water drawing, the aisle wandering. Maybe it’s time we walk to the well again.