Comments on Momopoly: Cleanup Time

Love this, and you.

2009-10-20T15:56:05.842-04:00

Love this, and you.

Wow, I wish I had this lady as a phone buddy! Grea...

2009-10-09T16:32:10.237-04:00

Wow, I wish I had this lady as a phone buddy! Great post, thanks!

Oh, my heavens. A few days ago I was having "Be st...

2009-10-07T00:09:06.174-04:00

Oh, my heavens. A few days ago I was having "Be still and know that I am God." coming to my mind. I'm in awe right now.

And today, after another trying day, I united my sufferings (which aren't really sufferings, but only to me) with Jesus as I prayed the Sorrowful Mysteries. I'll have to add "I'm a mess. God please clean me up."
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

I miss my grandmother.....

2009-10-06T21:51:58.966-04:00

I miss my grandmother.....

That is one wise woman there :) I agree with her, ...

2009-10-06T20:26:20.925-04:00

That is one wise woman there :) I agree with her, just try to be Katie :)

Such a great post...and exactly the words I needed...

2009-10-06T19:30:46.205-04:00

Such a great post...and exactly the words I needed to read today. I'm sitting here feeling like an utter failure because I can't do anything right lately!! Being a mom is so hard... and this is my first year to homeschool one, no less.... I wish I had an old lady to sit down and cry to!!

What a very wise, intelligent woman! Everything w...

2009-10-06T19:27:52.820-04:00

What a very wise, intelligent woman!

Everything we do isn't that big. I'll have to remember that line ;)

Kate, It's so hard to accept what's less than perf...

2009-10-06T15:10:36.242-04:00

Kate, It's so hard to accept what's less than perfect, especially if that means accepting ourselves.

A passage from the Al-Anon book One Day At A Time reads ( by the way, I write this for ME as I very much struggle with the same thing:) :
"Learn to settle for less than I wish were possible and be willing to accept it and appeciate it. I will not expect too much of anyone, not even myself. Contentment comes from gratefully accepting the good that comes to us, and not from raging at life because it is not better. This wholesome attitude is by no means resignation, but a realistic acceptance."

The passage closes with a quote from Epictetus that reads:
"What you have may seem small; you desire so much more. See children thrusting their hands into a narrow-necked jar, striving to pull out the sweets. If they fill the hand, they cannot pull it out and then they fall to tears. When they let go a few, they can draw out the rest. You, too, let your desire go; covet not too much..."

Such wisdom in those words. Now, if I could only apply it! Your in my thoughts as we both try to surrender.
In Christ's love,
Colleen

The past few days I've had "Be still and know that...

2009-10-06T13:03:17.712-04:00

The past few days I've had "Be still and know that I am God" in my heart and on my mind. Glad to know I'm not the only one. :-)

Kate, Thank you for sharing this. I so needed to h...

2009-10-06T11:01:14.772-04:00

Kate,
Thank you for sharing this. I so needed to here this. I'm so far from perfection or expecting it -- but I do get caught up in blaming myself and just feeling overwhelmed.

I need this prayer. I am a mess, Lord, please clean me up.....

Thank you.