Leave the dirt, find the Blessing

I am having trouble today in finding that 1 thing to write about.  I find random thoughts throughout the day and say "Hey I think I can make that into a semi- interesting blog" and then when I sit down it is gone!  Does this happen with a painter?, A potter? do they dip their brush into mounds of colors of paint and then say I am not sure where this is going?  Does he pick up a pile of soft un-molded clay and throw it down on the potters wheel and say I wonder what this will be?

Isn't that really how life is?  How many times do we get up with a plan in our mind for exactly how our day is going to go, only to have the first hour pass and already your perfect list is already a bust?  This used to be a real hard thing for me to deal with.  Not OCD hard but challenging.  If my tasks had to be set aside for some unplanned event I had a hard time getting back to my list thus wasting more time than probably need be.  I have learned however that usually the disruptions are just Blessings in disguise and hey why should our Blessings be disguised? 

Last Sunday, after church I had a few errands I needed to run, check done , feel good.  Get home ready to go full force into the tasks I MUST complete and my husband says hey lets go for a ride.  I felt my insides go all gobbelygook because I know with him it is not just a little ride it is an adventure!  Could be an hour (not likely) could be 4 (more realistic).  I threw caution to the wind and said "sure" with all the enthusiasm I could muster.  It was a beautiful day and I felt so accomplished because I got in that car and never once thought about what I could/should be doing at home. 

We found a little hiking path (not dressed for, this was supposed to be a drive) but it was a find that we can return to when we are planning a hike.
We drove through small old towns, saw the beginnings of the changing leaves, Stumbled upon a great place to eat and drove home in the sunset. My unplanned gobbelygook day turned out to be a Blessing.  Time spent doing nothing with a loved one will hold more memories than getting those tasks done that no one will remember.

I have learned over the years thought that going with the rhythm of the day is all by choice.  If the rhythm is out of sync and you choose to stick with the beat then you will feel out of sync, but if the rhythm is smooth and you dance to that beat chances are whatever you choose to do will be the right dance for you.

So this weekend if you are offered a better deal, tear up that task list, close the door to that messy room, put the vacuum away and let your hair blow in the wind, someone is waiting to Bless you day.