Slowing down.

Life has been crazy lately. Please excuse my leave of absence this past week. As some may know, close week (the first week of every month) is the most hectic time for internal accountants. Annnnd since we are still working on closing out the whole year of 2010, you can imagine the disorganization. Along with work life, has been my personal life which has included the start of a new workout plan (more or less the plan to start), hard core budgeting, and the start of a few new side projects :). You can tell it's January, huh? Reorganization has been my key goal.

Making plans is what I do. I make lists, among lists, within lists, etc. I'm usually better at planning out my thoughts than actually completing them. Today after work, I immediately began doing things that "needed" to be done. Sal and I went to the grocery store, I cleaned, We watched American Idol (Yes, I n e e d e d to do this), I completed some paper work that's due soon, and worked on my bestie's shower invitations. I literally did not stop, until 11pm tonight. After getting in bed, I began my nightly routine of surfing my usual websites when I ran across a story that touched my heart. It was a journaling site that a sweet, hopeful, mother had created for her 5 year old daughter who was diagnosed with cancer not too long ago. As I read through this site, I literally could not refrain from weeping. It broke my heart. Not only did it break my heart, but my eyes were opened. It's like God was telling me in the most evident way to s l o w down. After I stopped and prayed for a miracle for this little girl, I thought about the tiny irrelevant things, I worry and dedicate so much time to. There are SO many more important things in life that deserve my time and effort. I know you don't know this little girl, or even her story but I ask that you say a prayer for her. Miracles can still happen...