Be Where Your Feet Are

The past couple of days have been so hard. There are so many stresses in my life right now. Danny Boy, debt, school, money, family, my spirituality, my CALLING. Everything just seems to be piling up. While many of these things aren't stresses all the time, they do play a major role in my life. This week is Thanksgiving break and I should be looking forward to a relaxing time spent with family, but instead I get to stress out about the 6 papers that are due the week I come back. I love learning, but I don't exactly enjoy writing ridiculous amounts of papers. This semester it seems that I've been so caught up in everything that I haven't really enjoyed the moment. I haven't found joy in the journey. This semester, Cassandra Barney came and gave a lecture to WRI. In it she discussed this painting. It is titled "Be Where Your Feet Are." In the lecture, we talked about why it was important to enjoy the moment and take everything in. I need to remember that there is a time to be stressed and to work on papers, but there is also a time to enjoy being with others and having fun. I think I've been mixing the two and my fun has been miserable...or at least not as fun. I'm going to really try over the break to be where my feet are and to not be distracted by meaningless things. I need to be more like a child in that aspect. It is so easy for kids to forget and enjoy life. They don't carry around those stupid worries. They are just themselves. I can do it!