Wait for renewed strength.
Isaiah 40:31
But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
I read this scripture today as fatigue tries to set in. I am feeling tired today. I really have to steal moments now of solitude. My life is so full and it is wonderful to be in the center of my journey and I am not complaining just acknowledging that I am fatigued. That is hard for me to admit because I am such a "go getter" personality. I battle with the super woman disease. Sometimes I think the expectations I have for myself are too high. I should be able to get up early and prepare breakfast for my family, pull a full days work (even if from my home office), have dinner prepared for my family by 6:30 pm (not drive thru), teach my children their daily lessons, keep my house spotless, find time to read something I enjoy, sip a glass of wine at the lake and feed the ducks that now greet me as soon as they hear my door open, play with Evan and Hannah in a meaningful way, promote my book, continue to book speaking engagements, take a hot bubble bath at the end of my day, do research for book number two, check emails and maintain the too many to keep count networking pages I have, and still be wonderful, sexy and inviting. I really try hard to nurture my many dimensions (woman, mother, partner, friend). Most days, my "to do list" is longer than I am.
I literally have to give myself permission for clothes to sit in the clothes basket or for dishes to sit overnight in the sink. I hear my father's words in my ear all the time, "Dana, we do not do ordinary. Exceptional, baby, exceptional". Lord, if I can only quiet his voice for a second.
But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
I read this scripture today as fatigue tries to set in. I am feeling tired today. I really have to steal moments now of solitude. My life is so full and it is wonderful to be in the center of my journey and I am not complaining just acknowledging that I am fatigued. That is hard for me to admit because I am such a "go getter" personality. I battle with the super woman disease. Sometimes I think the expectations I have for myself are too high. I should be able to get up early and prepare breakfast for my family, pull a full days work (even if from my home office), have dinner prepared for my family by 6:30 pm (not drive thru), teach my children their daily lessons, keep my house spotless, find time to read something I enjoy, sip a glass of wine at the lake and feed the ducks that now greet me as soon as they hear my door open, play with Evan and Hannah in a meaningful way, promote my book, continue to book speaking engagements, take a hot bubble bath at the end of my day, do research for book number two, check emails and maintain the too many to keep count networking pages I have, and still be wonderful, sexy and inviting. I really try hard to nurture my many dimensions (woman, mother, partner, friend). Most days, my "to do list" is longer than I am.
I literally have to give myself permission for clothes to sit in the clothes basket or for dishes to sit overnight in the sink. I hear my father's words in my ear all the time, "Dana, we do not do ordinary. Exceptional, baby, exceptional". Lord, if I can only quiet his voice for a second.
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