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You Don't Have to Try So Hard

Thank you to Holly for inviting us to reflect on our own spiritual journey! Please stop by and join us at her  blog . It's summer. I've been out of school for a month but it just didn't feel like summer. In my haste to set goals and make this a productive summer, I lost sight of what summer is supposed to be. Summer is a time to slow down...a time to appreciate...a time to reflect and rejuvenate.  I was jamming more and more stuff into summer and onto my To Do List. I can't even believe I had  a To Do List in the first place, that's so unlike me. I've had so many obligations to fulfill (most of my own creation) I worked and worked and then I crashed. Sad and lonely are my "go to" emotions when I'm overwhelmed. I took a day to feel those feelings. My grammy always said, "You get a day...one day to feel sad or bad or lonely...but ONLY one day. The next day you need to get up and start again." So, I took my day and let mysel...