Another list :-)

List what consistently worries you each day.

Well, now that changes, according to what is going on in my life at the moment. I suppose I could worry about my kids -- and maybe I should more! -- but I have great faith in my children and in their abilities. Yes, we all struggle, and yes, they will do stupid things, just like I did. And that phenomenon won't go away just because they are adults. But my worrying won't help them become all that they can be. DD said to me the other day, "Mom, I know you like to believe the best about people because if you believe that, then they are more likely to become it." Well, someone has to see the best in us, don't they? I know I respond quite positively to that kind of demonstrated confidence.

No, right now, what worries me is my health, just a bit, and DH's health, and our financial situation. I hadn't realized how dependent we could quickly become on my income if DH didn't get enough work. I try not to worry, as I know worry won't accomplish much. I try to get up each day with faith, asking myself "What CAN I do, even with what is going on around me?" I KNOW it was the right thing for me to stop working -- had no choice, really -- and a friend of mine the other day said, "Well, if you knew stopping work was the right thing, and you are home now, then you are doing what you are supposed to be doing, right?" Her statement caught me, and I mean in a good way. I had never quite thought of my situation in that way before.

Another friend shared this quote with me: Faith is a willingness to act on incomplete information. (Yes, I know I am going on a lot of quotes lately, but hey, whatever keeps you in a good place, right?)

I'm trying to remember if I have ever had to have such great faith before. I don't think so ... I think faith is something that has come fairly easily to me in my life, or, if I didn't have faith, I could muster enough 'stick-to-it-iveness' to keep going. My darling bishop gave me a blessing last fall, when I knew I might have to stop working. He said I would blessed to hear and recognize the whisperings of the Spirit in my life. Well, the Spirit MUST be whispering because I sure as heck am NOT getting any 'loud and clear' statements to go on at this time! But I think He used my friend to whisper to me, because when she said, "You are doing what you are supposed to be doing," it did not come across as a firm declaration of truth. Instead, my soul felt comforted in this soft, soft thought.

So, besides finances, I worry about things like my sons NOT WEARING HELMETS WHEN THEY ARE ON THEIR MOTORBIKE OR LONGBOARD AND YES, I AM YELLING AT YOU BOYS RIGHT NOW!!!!