Tracy and I had the privilege of being "kid-free" last night. My parents took the girls around 4:00pm with a promise that they would return some time this morning. Tracy wasn't going to be home for another hour, so I asked myself, "What am I going to do?" It's not long enough to watch a good movie or get started on a cleaning project (not my cleaning projects anyway). I could get myself gussied up and make Tracy take me out tonight, OR I could just sit down in front of my computer and play mindless computer games and drift off into a place I like to call downtime. You can guess that when the front door lock started to shift, I jumped out of my tech-stupor and began to shut down my game, with guilt. Why, you ask? (only if you don't know me well) I don't DO downtime well. I am always on the go with the task at hand or an agenda to complete. I am always busy and if I'm not I get ansy trying to figure out why everything seems to have a place for the moment. Rarely do I sit still and give my thoughts credence.
God takes a back seat in my busy day and my prayers by day's end are - Lord, please help me find peace in the craziness of my day. I am fully aware that God chuckles at me a lot.
So this morning was different. I got up and went to the gym. I usually don't get the luxury to go on Saturdays (yes, I like working out). The morning drive was beautiful - with the sun shining and new snow glistening on the Foothills. I have a workout buddy most days, but this morning I was alone for about 30 minutes to run by myself (running alone - not recommended). I grabbed my memory verses that I have committed to learning and headed to the treadmill. This morning, my thoughts calmed once more and I was able to have some downtime. This time it was with my true love and it was good. These verses were given just to me for such a time as this. I had some great downtime this morning.
What do you do for downtime? I'm still going to play computer games every now and again but I will treasure the moments I take with my Savior from whom I draw my strength to make it through the craziness of life.
2 comments:
Glad you had a good morning. Yeah, I understand about not doing down time well...unless I get caught up blogging...maybe that is downtime.
Anyhow, I love to read, but when I sit down to read I have to push away all the thoughts of my "to do list" otherwise I feel bad about neglecting something that maybe I should be doing instead. I don't even know if that makes sense :)
~Rose
you always have such a refreshing perspective! my down time is normally spent on the couch thinking about all the things I should be doing!
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