Your Intentions Are Important

 

Sometimes you have to look away to get a better understanding of something. It could be anything, really. Your writing or your attitude at work maybe.

Say, you’ve been bummed out lately. Work is not challenging. You try to apply yourself, but the stuff you do is routine, and you are really getting sick of it. In fact, a couple of people hired after you were promoted ahead of you. What’s with that? That doesn’t seem fair.

Well, I suppose you could go ask your supervisor why you got passed over. I’ve never had the guts to do that. What I have done in the past is to either take a closer look at what’s going on in the office that could be streamlined. Or sometimes you can see where somebody could use some help. So, you help out. Somebody is going to notice, especially if you get called back to help again, either with the same person or because they said something, you might find yourself getting talked about. If they are saying good things, well, that can be helpful.

I know they say that nobody is indispensable, but people do notice if you can help out.

I have also worked at places where your help is not welcome. That’s okay too. Those are the games that people play. If you don’t want to be involved with their drama, don’t get involved.

I think when we challenge ourselves, it is beneficial in many ways. There is a spill over into other areas of interest.

Like with writing. You’d think that not doing anything for a good ten or fifteen minutes before you go to bed wouldn’t help with your writing. However, I’m betting that it might. For one thing, you’d be doing something to help with your sleep. If you turn off the murder mystery movie you’ve been watching and then go straight to bed, you’ve got to figure that the last thing you did will have some sort of effect on how well you sleep that night.

I know I sometimes crave deep, solid sleep. Much of the time, I’ll awaken in the middle of the night or from a dream and not be able to get back to sleep. I have a rule that if I am still tossing and turning an hour later, I will just get up. And write.

But the writing I do after a good night’s sleep is something that pleases me. Perhaps I should get myself a book that is restful. A balm to my sleep. Not an action-packed thriller. Something sweet. I’ll work on that this morning. I’ll add a little postscript to let you know what I’ll be reading tonight.

Ah. I found it. Confessions of a Prayer Slacker by Diane Moody. Today, it is free. A Kindle read I found in today’s offering from Weberbooks.com. It moved me. I think it’s going to be a good book.

I like to describe myself as a spiritual person. I grew up with Catholicism, but am interested in the holiness of life, no matter what religion is involved. So, yes, I am a Christian, but I have other beliefs as well. I talk to Spirit all the time. Except I have a need for prayer in my life, too. I think I might have found some good reading material with Diane’s book.

Thanks for reading.

🌺 Pauline Evanosky

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