Even though I miss my husband

Three day weekends are awesome!  Yesterday was like a Saturday, tomorrow will be Sunday, so today, the day after July 4th and an “extra” day, is like an unexpected gift.  Even though I miss Dave and wish he were here to go with Joel and me to a Phillies/Mets game tonight, it is a good day.

This morning, since I have these extra hours that are wonderful and quiet, I have been online.  I usually just use the internet for basic, quick information.  I’m good with googling words (like frass) that are new to me (carpenter ants at my office).  I have learned to prefer Googlemaps over Mapquest for directions (even in Bucks county).  Finding my way to wordpress and my husband’s blogs and looking up the value of the a house Isaac is looking at in Phoenix on zillow (not really a reliable source of actual value, by the way) are second nature.  This morning with extra time, I have learned that I was probably right last night at a new friends’ garden in my diagnosis of deer eating the tops off their tomato plants (and if the whole family will go out and pee in the yard, it is a good, organic way to ward off the culprits).  

But, with extra time today, I found a friend’s blog I didn’t know existed.  That led me to a podcast by Patrick Lencioni on Catalyst, which I will find more about later.  I’m reading “Death by Meeting”  right now, so was completely interested in the very organic and personal interview.  Lencioni has a new book out and I will read it.  But his sidebar discussion on the Law of Thirds  was succinct and practical….in fact, will be very practical for me to use this next week.  Lencioni’s unbiased perspective on the scariness of the lack of leadership in all (Hillary was included) of the Presidential candidates was chilling.   I have no idea at this point of how to link that podcast with this post (the next time I have surprise extra time, maybe that will be my learning of the day), but you can probably find it.  Try googling “Catalyst” and search for Lencioni?  Let me know if that works!  (thanks, bill for the convenient link at your site.)

So, the thoughts from that podcast and the reading I am doing and the introspection resulting from my post last Sunday have me in a very sound place, mentally, this morning.  I have a purpose, I have goals, I have gifts and skills and a unique ability that I am understanding and defining.  I am in an environment that I am beginning to trust enough to shed insecurities that in the past have held me back from contributing all that I have to offer.  This week has brought offers of relationship, inquiries for service, ideas for contribution to others’ success, opportunities to invest in the eternal nature of people around me.  Mindset is pretty much everything.  Circumstances are thin.  Time passes.  Things change. 

A solid base for world view and reason to live is all I need to make a huge difference right where I am….even though I miss my husband.