Live and Learn

Wow, I've had a blog for several years and I feel like a beginner, still.  I haven't spent enough time on this blog to figure it out and make it work for me.  But, no more.  Even if it takes all year, I am determined to become a real blogger by blogging regularly and making my blog reader-friendly.

I read a news byte recently of a study that showed how to keep your brain agile, sharp, and growing as you age.  The premise is that if you challenge your brain with things that are difficult to learn, even if it takes you a long time to learn, your brain grows; it is exercised.

So, I guess I'm ready to exercise! First, I'll change the outward appearance of my blog (if only it were as easy as a few clicks of the mouse to do the same for my person!).  Then I hope to really write, frequently, so as to get into a habit.  Almost like a journal, I think.

I guess I will measure my success at the end of the month by taking a count of my posts and tweaking the layout to suit my preferences.  Then I will challenge myself to post photos, to post links, to have different sections of the blog for books, quotes, poems, whatever.  I hope to stop second guessing myself as much as I do now which prevents me from posting at times.

Ready, set, go!

Blog, blog, blog!

I will write a blog; I will write a blog; I will write a blog.
I am a procrastinator; I am a procrastinator; I am a procrastinator!
When do I have time?
When do I have time?
When do I have time?
Today, not tomorrow.
Today  not tomorrow.
Today, not tomorrow.
What will I write?
What will I write?
What will I write?
I'll write what I think; I'll write what I think about; I'll write what I think about day by day.
It won't be perfect; it will be just me.
It won't be a work of art; it will be real.
I want to do better; I want to encourage;
I want to express myself, to communicate.
I want to write, write, write!

Time for God's Will

One reason we are so harried and hurried is that we make yesterday and tomorrow our business, 

when all that legitimately concerns us is today. 

If we really have too much to do, there are some items on the agenda which God did not put there. 

Let us submit the list to Him and ask Him to indicate which items we must delete. 

There is always time to do the will of God.

 If we are too busy to do that, we are too busy.

Lord, help me to take your yoke on my shoulder, not a yoke of my own making. 

May I learn from You to be gentle and humblehearted. 

May I find that your load is light.

---Elisabeth Elliott