Garbage Chores

This is very typical him
flying
jumping
crashing
craziness

I was laughing this morning remembering
a funny conversation I had with the Buddy
while we were driving though
a certain neighbourhood the other day

Buddy: Mom!! Look at that house
it is huge!!! I would love to live there

(it has 4 garages, sprawling property backing
onto a river, dripping in hugeness...
that make sense?-I knew just what to say
to make him re-think this)

Me: Oh ya? Can you imagine how many garbages
they have in this house?

Buddy: Oh ya....well then forget that
I don't want to move there then.

The Buddy is responsible for emptying
the bathroom garbages in our house...hee hee

on another note....

I was thinking about how I/we compare
one anothers lives
we try not to because it is a snare
that can bind and hold
but I try to find a balance where I am inspired by others
and glean from them what I can
and not compare
but what i was thinking about when I have found
myself comparing my life to others
and there have been many many times
is that when I do this
when I am focusing on what others have or do
I am missing what I am doing

what God is trying to do in my life

one way I found this was happening to me
was through facebook and other peoples blogs
which a great and useful...sometimes

I had all this knowledge about peoples lives
sometimes useful but the majority was stupid info filling my brain
and I found it was affecting me
it was so subtle, barely present (I thought)

until I shut it down

I wanted to see how much those internet worlds
were affecting me....
wow!

so first there is the habitual withdrawl
symptoms, ya know, I would just got onto these sites
while I am waiting for pictures to load, checking email
or whatever
I found that pathetic..lol

then I felt so disconnected with the world
are you kidding me? the world? disconnected?
facebook and the blogs have that quality
of giving you the feeling like
EVERYBODY is here or reading this or "in the know"

then I was gone
and did anyone noticed or cared
OF COURSE NOT!
because we are not really connected in these places
not really in any type of foundational relationships
with the masses

but that is not what I am writing about at this point

my goal was to see how much my choices or my feelings
were being influenced by others
2 cent information

heather is baking cookies with her kids
marcie is cleaning up pee
betty is watching grass grow
laura is painting her house while making supper
sara is rebuilding her car while her 2 year old triplets
watch
lisa just found a cure for cancer while having a dinner party
for the homeless

get what I am saying?

ridiculous!


I broke free and for me it has been fabulous!

who is the woman God is calling me to be today?
how is He shaping me right now?
what is He calling me to change
or do or be? just me?
not my neighbour, not anyone else

just me
today
now


I was reading this post from the girltalkers
about the Snare of Compare
for women and found it fitting.