Lucky me, working from home today. I had a ton of research to get done. Started the day by throwing on some clothes and dived right in. Then my invisible foe stopped by, stress. It’s 2:20 in the afternoon. I stopped working to lift some weights, that always takes care of stress. Hmm..I know I’ll take a nice long bubble bath, and I am looking forward to it.
I ran my bath, added my favorite bubbles and jumped in—a soothing cup of tea by the side of the tub. I settled back amidst lots of bubbles and then, as I turned the hot water on to add a bit more, the water sputtered, then died.
I sat in disbelief, but not really, since I haven’t been able to pay the bill, just yet—just hoping I had more time. Wishing, I checked the faucet, again. Sure enough no water. I sat back in the bath, thinking what am I going to do? Looking at the half full bottle of water beside my cup of tea. I figured maybe I can use that to rinse off with—I had an awful lot of bubbles. Couldn’t they have just waited until my bath was over? Why now? Why not 10 minutes ago, or 10 minutes later?
There it was, that little voice, saying “there’s nothing you can do about this right now.” Right? Why not sit back and enjoy the bath? Of course, I thought, you have everything you need, it’s still warm and bubbly. Why not enjoy it and not sweat what’s going to happen next. Don’t ruin the joy of the moment, by worrying about how you are going to handle what comes after.
So I did, continued to enjoy my bath. OK. I’m was done, it was nice. For some reason, I tried the water again, still hoping. There it was, back full blast, I smiled! Not sure what happened. I washed off all the bubbles in the pleasant hot steamy water flowing from my shower head. Dried off and came to write this entry.
I received a valuable lesson about faith. Each step of the way, you are blessed. The next step is taken care of. Even when you have no idea what it’s going to look like. Don’t let that stop you from taking the step you face right now . . . go for it . . . and enjoy it! Keep the faith that the next step is handled and that when it arrives, you will have the strength and the power to greet it.
Love,
Sharon
