Engaging

I made a mistake today.. I think it is one I make frequently.  I keep choosing disengagement.. and from now on, I will stop.  A friend went to a baby orphanage today and rocked sweet newborn babies.  I opted to stay home. I was tired. I’m still jet-lagged.  It’s a reasonable excuse and rest IS good.. but I didn’t really rest.  I did rest a bit, but much of the day I spent on Facebook reading about what is going on thousands of miles away, when right outside my door is a world from which I chose to disengage.

 

I used to have a sign in my classroom that said, “Do the BEST thing.” I wanted it to be a saying that I upheld. I think I need to remember that.

Sometimes, the “Best Thing” really is checking Facebook. I like knowing what’s going on.  Sometimes the best thing is editing pictures.  I love posting beautiful things.  Sometimes the best things is rest… and when rest is needed it SHOULD be taken.  Today, I did need some quiet downtime but now, at the end of the day, I realize how little time I spent engaged in what I actually needed.  AND.....I spent no time rocking sweet little ones.  Tomorrow if I need to rest.. I am really going to rest. If I need to read and to process, to think, or to pray I am really going to do that.  I am going to "Do the BEST thing" .. and hopefully, I will be more engaged.  Because India is a pretty great place..there are so many opportunities to engage...the United States offers many as well. :  )