 | | Heather Moore |
Think: Rollover Minutes
It happened today. The thing I have feared since Gwendolyn started walking.
I turned for one moment--one brief moment--while at Barnes and Noble to speak to a friend. In the blink of an eye, she was gone!
I looked up and down the isle we were on. No Gwendolyn. I widened my search to look in the general area. No Gwendolyn. My heart was pounding. My redheaded, blue-eyed little girl was not in my line of sight.
I widened my search even further. By now, time seemed to be flying by and I desperately wanted it to stop. I wanted Gwendolyn to be frozen in time so I could catch up to her.
Then out of the corner of my eye, I saw two red ponytails swinging as a three foot little creature was running like someone just screamed, "jail break!"
All the way across the store and headed for the elevator with an armful of stuffed animals, I spotted Gwendolyn.
I am not completely unlike her. I tend to wander from activity to activity. Even with the best of intentions, I still run from thing to thing, heading one way then another.
I want to be a better mom so I buy books to read on the subject, but they go unread because I get distracted. I want to be a better manager of my time, but somehow being over committed keeps me from my goal. I could go on and on...
How I must look like a chicken running around with my head cut off (as my sweet great grandmother used to say). Between the demands of ministry and chasing an active toddler, I feel like I don't have a solid block of time to accomplish anything. I feel like I'm just grabbing a minute here or there.
So here is a tip that helps me: Think Rollover Minutes.
Creatively use the minutes in your day. I tend to think that a minute is too small an amount of time to use for anything worthwhile. But, just like those rollover minutes on a cell phone plan they really add up!
- I play the "Grateful Game" with Gwendolyn while driving and running errands. We talk about things for which we are thankful. Mostly, she is grateful for Elmo, yellow school buses and McDonald's French fries. But, cultivating a thankful heart has to start somewhere. Spending a few minutes each day on this lesson is my opportunity to teach her as we go about daily life.
- I pray while washing veggies for dinner, drying my hair and folding clothes. These minute prayers might be flare prayers, but I am sending up prayers all throughout the day. Capturing these minutes every day is one step to recapturing my thought process rather than letting my mind run wild.
How do you spend the minutes in your day? Don't wander today; think of a creative way to use the minutes in your day. You'll be surprised at how quickly they add up!
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