I updated my "bookshelf" here on the blog to reflect the books I'm actually reading, as opposed to the ones I'm supposed to be reading. A couple weeks back, I quoted "Meditations For Women Who Do Too Much." I haven't been reading it every day (but I pretty much knew that wasn't going to happen) but today I sat down and caught up on the past few days. The quote that started off the May 1st entry was this:
Normal day, let me be aware of the treasure you are. Let me learn from you, love you, bless you before you depart. Let me not pass you by in quest of some rare and perfect tomorrow. Let me hold you while I may, for it may not always be so. One day I shall dig my nails into the earth, or bury my face in the pillow, or stretch myself taut, or raise my hands to the sky and want, more than all the world, your return. - Mary Jean Iron
I thought about it for a while and realized how much I need to focus on each normal day and it's uniqueness instead of waiting for something better to happen. What kind of way to live is that?
So yes, another thing I read that I wanted to pass on to you.
Back to finals.
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