Today I read the note that I have read many times before. It lies around my desk, peeking out from under the keyboard, or on top of a pile of other papers. It just is a reminder to enjoy today! 
I don’t always know how to do this – to enjoy today. To embrace this moment. Quite often at the end of the day, I find myself jumping up and down rejoicing in bedtime and appreciating the day that has been. But I want to try and teach myself to embrace the hard times.
For the last 2 months, my job has been relentless. The work was just piling up and up and it was hard to see the wood for the trees. Then suddenly on Friday at 12 noon when my final deadline was met, it was over. I’ve still got work to do and I may work for 8 hours a day, but it won’t be 12-14 hours a day.
Life is not all roses. When the results come out from the teacher interviews, there are going to be some who are bitterly disappointed. Some may be excellent teachers, but just not right for this particular programme. They will still be disappointed. There have been some work related disappointments lately and I have to defer to knowing that God is ultimately in control and He will make a way for those who need another job.
My job is to do the next thing.
God will take care of the rest.
Psalm 119:114
You are my refuge and shield; I have put my hope in your Word.
The next thing for me is to complete this blog and then I have a couple more blogs to write on the Maldives. Then it will be back to work in teacher recruitment.
No time to lose – I’m overlooking the complications of life, I’m learning to be happy right now. I don’t want to run out of time.
#111 – of my 1000 thanks – I caught the slugs on the fruit trees before they polished it off!
These are the days!
Keep the smile going.
God bless you!
In His Grip,
Helga xx 🙂