"On Flex and Flow"

The weather outside my window is not coordinating with my to-do list--at all.  I know the weatherman predicted rain, but I always go into denial with that sort of forecast until the evidence is at hand, and I am forced to use my windshield wipers.  Then, and only then, do I concede, and  I have conceded.

For days now, I have been beating my head against a wall, figuratively speaking.  The gardening work has come on all at once, and I still haven't addressed my Sunday mow jobs as it was raining then as well.  Those were going to be taken care of today.  Several of my clients have asked for as many extra hours as I am able to give them; one had to hire extra help as there is just too much to be done.  Thursdays are a fairly open day for me, and I was going to accomplish oh, so much!  The prospects of that happening are pretty "iffy" at this point.

Life is made up of all sorts of variables, the curve balls that come in unexpectedly.  For me it is often the weather, but it can be health issues, a mechanical break-down in the family car, the need to replace an appliance, an employment situation, a work schedule, home repairs, a delay in an airline schedule, an appointment that takes longer than expected.  The list is virtually endless.  In truth, most things in our lives don't go as planned, and we are unable to plan for the unknown.  What is that saying?  "If you don't bend, you break."

I wrestle mentally with this sort of day.  I never really give in to the fact that I am grounded.  This morning, however, I was reminded of a principle taught me many years ago, that of being able to flex and flow.  I am not in charge of nor am I in control of my life.  Another is.  I was shown of the need to flow with Him, not struggle against Him.  Today is a good day to practice what I preach, to live what I have learned.

A while back a friend asked me if I ever just "veg and nap."  I honestly can not remember one of those days, but as I watched the rain come down a bit ago it occurred to me that today just might be a good day to experience that.  I have begun by lighting candles.  Surely that is setting the tone for relaxing.  As for the work, as my Mother always said, "It'll keep."  And it will.  It certainly isn't going anywhere.  This much I know:  To flex and flow is a positive; striving and struggling against is a negative.  It is for me to choose and decide how I will live.