Does anyone remember when I was known as "Dirtydishes" in the blogging world? That seems like a hundred years ago, and I would love to think that I have grown and changed so much since that night three something years ago. Yet, as I sit here writing, a huge pile of dirty dishes from last night's supper will not stop staring at me. And instead of diving into them I sit here drinking coffee and blogging about it. Guess I will not be graduating from the program anytime soon, LOL! WHEW!! Oh, but starting out the day with yesterdays work in front of me, UGH! 
OK, so I remember reading about this recently in "Drop the Rock" and went back and re-read about the character defect of PROCRASTINATION and I feel very motivated.
Allow me to share:
"Working on this character defect allows us to participate in our personal and fellowship life. The ability to concentrate, to use our time well, is everything. It is self control. It's the program in action. The fourth step talks of instincts gone wild. We must get control of our instincts. When we are tired, we have feelings of uneasiness. These feelings come from stress and the strain of always rushing around. But the feeling of uneasiness also comes from an undernourished spirit, a spirit that never has time to go away to a quiet time and place and rest a while. Don't we have enough in today's troubles without making a double load for tomorrow?
Benjamin Franklin said, 'Do you love life? Then do not squander time because that is the stuff life is made of.'
The 12 steps are the same for everyone. We are all given the choice, the means to break the habit of procrastination so we may be free to strive for spiritual growth in our lives."
(Drop the Rock, p.40)
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| If I had dishes this pretty I would never let them pile up in the sink. Right? LOL!, |
I feel so blessed and calm about things now. I do not have to sit here and beat myself up for my character defect of procrastination, I can do something about it right now, and God willing, grow spiritually from it.
That's right! Spiritual growth from dirty dishes! I cant wait to see how I feel after I dust, vacuum and get the big huge pile of homework done that was assigned last night and is due Monday. Let's not forget the laundry now either, LOL! I think that is very cool! Have a great day everyone!
Patty ;)
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The dishes always get washed,eventually....
But I understand that
procrastination thing.
I can go for dishes to
career moves.I like the
idea of taking a closer
look at why we each do
this..It's not such a
bad character defect I
think,if we're will to
try changing it.And look
at it this way,if we are
indeed looking into why,
then we are already making
some progress I figure.
Small goals towards the bigger
prize helps me get out of that
procrastination rut.Time and time
again...lol..Kidding,,but gentle
steps forward we are all better
to take to overcoming the things
we CAN change.Like procrastination.
I do remember you as "dirty dishes"!
I'm the opposite of you, I do the dishes BEFORE they get dirty..LOL
I remember you as "dirty dishes," sorry to hear they are piling up again. I'm more like Lou - washing them before they get dirty.
thank you for sharing exactly what i needed to start my day....off better. hugs. mile191
Finally! I can comment. Yes I remember you as dirty dishes!
PS: I've met Mary and Lou....and I believe they do wash the dishes before they get dirty!
You and I could sit back and watch them :-)
it often feels like dirty dishes chase me lol. Thanks for this today.
Oh, this blog hit the spot right now. In a way I can't begin to describe, except that *I* am going to blog about the wondrous was it made me feel, *after* I was my mound of dishes waiting for me in the sink. I didn't even bother to look at the date of when this was posted; I imagine it was a while ago. This afternoon, looking forlornly at my sink full of dishes, I thought I'd look up on Google "dirty dishes". I wanted to know if, when I saw other peoples' kitchen messes I would feel any differently than I do about mine. Nope. They all are disorderly, gross, and I can't enjoy my peaceful afternoon with a good book and cup of tea till I do something about it. This blog was sooo encouraging. THANK YOU!!!
-Hannah :)
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