Rural Simplicity

Do you know that feeling you get when you have a secret... a good secret, a Christmas surprise that beats all other Christmas pasts, a Valentine surprise that's got you smiling randomly for no reason, an out of the blue surprise that's going to knock the socks off of your friend's feet! It's like turning on a hot tub and trying to keep all of the bubbles from splashing out over the sides. Clean up on aisle 7, the secret is spilling out all over my face - smile's everywhere! So when John from "Sav Plenti"walks over with the mop and bucket to clean up your mess on aisle 7 he's probably going to see that smile (which is causing the mess on aisle 7) and smile back at you. He won't know why you're smiling, but really he probably doesn't care because he can translate that smile into whatever he needs to hear. Smiles are contagious!  Whether or not the recipient returns the smile is not a sign that they did or did not feel the affect. You c

Some days we feel overwhelmed and we don't exactly know why, other days we know why but don't want to fix the problem because it means doing things that we loath or feel too lazy to do that day, other days we just don't feel like we have the time to do it all. Let me remind you that God has a plan for your day and the more you involve Him in it, the more you feel at peace and many times feel accomplished. When you feel overwhelmed... With the dishes - take an extra minute to tell God how you feel about the situation, and then if you don't already, stack like items, silverware together, plates together, bowls, pots and pans. It really makes the job look more do-able. With the laundry - take an extra minute to tell God how you feel about the situation, then see if you can plan out 1-2 loads a day every day that week and have it under control before the weekend or the beginning of the next week. With needing to be too many places in a day/week - take an extr