Food for Thought: Emerson

“What you do speaks so loud that I cannot hear what you say.” ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

How you treat your spouse. How you take care of yourself. How you treat your pets. How you speak to others. What's important to you. How you handle stress. How you cope with hardship. Who you spend time with. What you spend your time on. Your order of priorities. How you speak of others. 

A lot to think about, isn't it? Hmmm, do I do any of that well?!

I came across this quote while I was hiding out, not working. It’s bad enough that I convinced a friend to have a quick breakfast after a meeting we attended this morning, but now I have been hiding out at the library for over 2 hours. I spent the first hour working on projects for the Relay for Life and the Bowling Tournament committee of which I somehow became a member. It’s work, just not work-work. Then I decided to take a “few minutes" (a-hem) to catch-up on some blog reading. I’m not sure how it happened, but I feel like I am really behind on, well, everything. Today is just an extension of that. Work, going to the gym, spending quality (that’s a key word) time with my husband, walking my aging, limping dog (it’s just been too cold), house chores, birthday present shopping… it’s all getting away from me.

The question is this: what AM I doing? I can tell you how I spend my days and nights, and it’s not impressive. Should it be? Sure, I did some massive shopping for the Food Pantry last weekend, and that felt really good. Then it was gone. I did my job, but not more than in the minimum. I chatted with some friends. I made a pot of soup. Blah, blah, blah. I’m tired of going through the motions. I want to be inspired and excited about something. I think that I am actively looking for it – and, maybe, that’s part of the problem. Sometimes I’m stretched so thin that I become less effective.

How do you make it fun?

Oh wait, Idol is on tonight. Never mind. I’m good :-)