My editor recently challenged me to think of my pile of papers as something to be thankful for. That is not my usual approach. THE PILE represents time-consuming paperwork and procrastinated decisions that elicit my irritation, not gratitude.
THE PILE refers to my stacks of paperwork that accumulate. I open envelopes, cull junk mail, and recycle nonessential papers. I save and stack only important paperwork. But THE PILE still grows.
Eventually, I have to address the overflowing pile. Working through the pileof papers, I get irritated because it takes longer than expected. In my experience, gratitude and THE PILE have never mixed. My wise editor gave me this assignment, so I will try to face my paperwork with gratitude instead of irritation. After stacking my random expanding piles, I took the photo below as a start.
Lord God, thank you for … [Read More...]
