I am currently browsing through some posts over at Conversion Diary- mainly her posts on prayer.
But first, if you are mom to younger children, and feeling overwhelmed and under par- you have to go read her post right here**admitting I can't do it all...
I really wish I would have had this insight when mine were little. I did mostly (by default)tend towards letting things go, but I lived with the guilt and feelings of being found wanting.- Actually, I go to bed many days feeling weighed and found lacking, still. But, I digress- if this sounds familiar to you, be kind to yourself and go read this post- and then chew on it for a few days...
The post that grabbed me was this one-The danger of being overloaded*, which I found linked to over at Rocks in my dryer.
I am going to briefly quote Jennifer over at Conversion Diary, she writes;
...when someone asked St. Francis de Sales how much one should pray, the Doctor of the Church replied that you should pray a half hour each day, unless you're busy. If you're busy, you should pray an hour.
"What a pithy quote!" I thought. "You should pray more if you're busy -- love it. That St. Francis de Sales, he sure does have some great sayings!" And then I promptly forgot about it. Or I tried to, anyway....
This is from her post AREWP day 11, which I found by linking around from the first post ...By the way, "AREWP" stands for "A reckless experiment with prayer"- gotta love it!
My prayer tonight is to not be someone who just files "pithy", truth-filled quotes or advice away in a box...