EXHALE…

Sometimes I forget the beauty in simplifying things.

What made me realize this? When I was exhausted after a full day of moving furniture from a storage unit. I was hungry and wanted mashed potatoes with the roast I’d made, but had zero motivation to make them. And then I realized a beautiful thing that I had overlooked.

I DON’T HAVE TO MAKE THEM FROM SCRATCH!

That’s right. I usually make homemade mashed potatoes. BUT, sometimes, good ol’ Hungry Jack boxed potatoes taste just as good (with a lot of butter, of course).

I do this all the time.I tend to overanalyze, overcomplicate, and overcompensate. I’m blessed with time periods when I am able to walk my dog and catch myself checking emails and texts on my phone. Way. too. often…

I need to learn to let go. There is beauty in the simple. There is a time period in the waiting in which you can exhale.

I’ve just submitted a new manuscript for editing. It’s been a couple of years that I’ve been researching and writing this and I’m soooo excited for it’s release. Even without the shortage of paper and workers during the many stations in book publication and distribution, I know it won’t be a fast process.

EXHALE.

I find myself fidgeting and feeling the heavy need in the back of my mind to be doing something productive.

BUT AGAIN…

I need to find patience in the waiting. And breathe.