But it isn’t work.
Today was a wild day for me. I have not had a full day like this in a long time. Tonight was Addie’s theater banquet so I was prepping all morning for that.
I did get a chance to find some time for myself. I spent about an hour this morning and I went to Dutch Bros and Half-price books. I hung out there for a good bit and found several good books I want to read. Maybe I’ll talk about those some other day.
When I returned home, I got back to cleaning more. After I finished, I had to pick up groceries, and pick up the kids. And I noticed that through all of this, my day has been long, but I have just been living. I was doing what I love and what I want to do. And what I want is to live love.
The party was great we had lots of help setting up and organizing it. The decor was amazing. They did a great job making the house look ready for a party. Jessica was busy getting all the food ready and I helped by grilling the chicken. In the past I would have found most of this annoying, like I would have wanted to be stuck in a game being distracted from life. But now I see, life is love, why do I want distraction?
So I am living in the now, and these things excite me. Jessica had to go to work after the party again, at 9pm, and I decided to ride with her so she had the company. I read her some of The Prophet by Khalil Gibran as we rode.
I sit here writing this post as she finishes her works and I realize I have been going for over 12 hours now and I’m not even exhausted. I mean I do feel spent and satisfied. Like it’s time for a good rest. But not in the omg today was exhausting sense. It’s more like wow, it’s amazing how much you can do when you approach everything with presence, intent, and surrender.
We are capable of so much more than we think. We just have to let love do the work instead of us trying to do the work.