Do You Ever Have Days Like This? "Our Lady of Deadlines"
So this morning at 9AM my Assistant, Colleen showed up. I had just gotten out of the shower, was cleaning my husbands bathroom sink, the business phone was ringing, and I was trying to ask Colleen to grab a table from the garage before she got in and took her coat off. Then she couldn't find the table, and I couldn't find the table...so I had to call my handyman to ask him where he put it. (Found it!)
Prior to this; I had edited photos for the website, arranged two meetings with brides, cleaned out the leftovers in the fridge, read an article on kitchen updates, and rearranged my email folders. My Mom is saying: "Sherry, you didn't used to get out of bed until 10!
Women's lives seem to go this way. Anne Morrow Lindbergh wrote in 1955:
For life today in America is based on the premise of ever-widening circles of contact and communication...that involves myriad demands...My mind reels with it. What a circus act we women perform every day of our lives. It puts the trapeze artist to shame. Look at us. We run a tight rope daily...still under control.
That was written 55 years ago. Look at us today!
So I wish to share with you a little saintly advice...
Prayer to Our Lady of Deadlines
Hear me in my urgent plea that I may survive the ravages of extreme deadlines. Banish all thoughts of procrastination from my mind, and give me the strength to endure endless hours of time pressure without all the ill-effects of stress. Release me from the power of the clock tick, tick, ticking away. And with the most fervent desire of my soul I ask that I make it through this deadline without tearing out all my hair or losing my mind once again.
(I found this on a candle from Every Day Icons in Shoreline, WA from 2000)
So, give yourself time each day to do the tasks which need to get done...work, family, wedding planning, and all else. Give yourself time too to rest when you need so you can recharge.
As for me? At noon I am going to take my daughter out for a cup of coffee, and this evening we are having dinner with family. What doesn't get done will still be there the greet me tomorrow morning. All is well.
Rev. Sherry