A Full Stomach (Overcoming Idleness)

Fence #2  

It doesn't take any effort at all to find oneself on the fence of indifference, laziness, and selfish behavior.  How ever unbalanced life might be on this fence, to the picket-lounger this debilitating tilt takes no precedence and is gone unnoticed.   






(Los Olivos, California, taken by LinJane)

Feeling ill yesterday put me curled up on the couch most of the day when I wasn't ordering my machines to wash and dry the laundry.  
Consequently, while going back and forth to the laundry room I had to pass the kitchen, and that made me feel more ill.  Two days worth of dishes with a family of five were not going to clean themselves...and being out of dish soap naturally gave our dishwasher a Sabbath's few days rest.  There are 10 hands in this family and only 2 of them desired to do the dirty work...and it wasn't mine.  I heard it from my half slumber early this morning; pots and pans clanging, water running, *somebody* being the most generous of all man-kind with their time, and I smiled as I fell back into deep sleep.  Later, I discovered that it wasn't a dream, my dear husband cleaned the kitchen and oh how grateful I am!

(Introducing my husband, Steve, caught red-hatted .. haha!)

But back to the laundry.  Although I was feeling yucky yesterday, today did come...it is here, and I'm feeling a bit better as I sit on my couch only to find a mountain of unfolded laundry staring back at me. 

 "I don't feel so well...again" I thought, as the temptation to be *that* picket-lounger crept up behind me.

This is where I switched modes of thought, remembering that I had a sick kid in bed and possibly witnessing my inaction (because it's always wise to set the example, right?), and made the decision to get on my bare feet with computer on and in hand to set it next to the laundry mountain and accomplish two things at once (because I needed material for another blog post of course!  Ok, I'll admit, I wanted to please my family too):

1. Fold the laundry.
2. Stay connected with my Lovelies 

And with that, look what I've accomplished with an hour!

"Come and get it fam, cus it's not gonna put *itself* away!"

"She looks well to the ways of her household, and eats not the bread of idleness."

Proverbs 31:27

Laziness brings on deep sleep, and the shiftless go hungry.

Proverbs 19:15

I don't want to go hungry...that would be the *other* side of the fence that lends to no green grass, but instead weeds, thorns, and a lot of dust!

• Idleness?

OR

• A Stomach filled?

You choose!         :)

Remembering who I am...

                                                  Cindy