Progress. I’m whittling down my to-do list. I’m not sure why I’m so relentless about it but I suppose it just comes naturally. There is something about finishing a project. Today, with Ann’s help, we finished going through all the boxes in our carriage house and stored what we are keeping on the newly completed shelving in the loft. We took a pick-up load to Goodwill. I installed the new pump for our hot tub and we are back in business. Ann and I got in it this afternoon. I purchased and installed a shade cover (pergola) for the deck. I grilled ground steak on our new grill last night. Last week I built shelves in my office closet and was able get all my books out and the boxes emptied. Yesterday I hung pictures in my office (no small job). There are still several projects to go yet, including painting the exterior of the house. I have stopped short of building new barns. Does remodeling your existing barns count?
As mentioned a few weeks ago, I suffered a database error which caused me to lose access to all My Journey’s Weblog postings. I was able to rescue my data but unfortunately not in a blog format. I am in the process of creating web pages as an archive of the posts. The first page has been completed and is available on a link from the menu of my home page. Hopefully I will eventually create an index that will make reference easier.
Many of us, especially when we compare ourselves with much of the world’s population, live with abundance, not scarcity. But we often act as if resources are scarce; we fear there won’t be enough, even before we begin sharing what we have. The problem may have much more to do with our willingness to respond than with our resources.