M&P

Although it has been awhile since I've posted here, I've continued to work on getting S.I.M.P.L.E.   Basically, my Spiritual task of prayer and my "I" task of brushing and flossing have become habit. I did slip a few days while we were out of town but overall, these have truly become a part of my day.  As well as emailing my sponsor.

As I prayed about my Marriage task, what I wanted to do was do "one thing" for my husband each day.  But that was not the direction God sent me.  What I realized was that although I pray daily and I pray for my husband, I was not praying daily for my husband.  I would certainly offer up prayers is there was something going on at work or if he was going on a trip but my prayers for him were not on a daily basis.  So my task has become to pray for my husband every day, in fact, I use the morning time, right after my morning prayers to then spend some time praying for him... whether it is his direction, emotional well being, health, or a variety of other things.

This also led me to a realization that I needed to add daily prayers for my children, as well.  So in the evenings, along with my evening prayers, I have begun praying for my children - their education, their spiritual lives, their future, their manners, the list is endless.  So this became my Parenting task.  My hope is that these additional prayers will become habit as well.

Next week I will be adding a "Living space" task to my list.  Many blessings.  May you all live a S.I.M.P.L.E. life.

Simply,

ThereO 

I - Days

A good week in terms of the spiritual and "I" tasks I am committed to so far.  I've been able to do my evening prayers, brush my teeth and floss in the evenings and also pray and brush in the morning.

Towards the end of the coming week, I'll be reviewing what is on the agenda for Marriage.  I pray you have been living S.I.M.P.L.E.

Simply,

ThereO

I - Day 3

Well, I think I'm on a roll...LOL!  But then I worry maybe it is just a honeymoon period and I'll start struggling again before too long.  Another successful day for prayers and teeth.  My dentist will be so happy  :-)

Many blessings to you all!

Simply,

ThereO

I - Day 2

Another day of success.  Amazing how taking care of prayers and teeth can lead to such a better day.

I pray you are finding your S.I.M.P.L.E. life.

Simply,

ThereO

I - Day 1

I actually started my "I" session last night.  Got teeth and prayers done both last night and this morning.  I can really see a rhythm beginning.  Slowly, gently, God is giving me the vision and the tools to create the life HE has planned for me.

Simply,

ThereO

S - Wrap up

Overall, the past two weeks have worked out very well.  I was able to say morning and evening prayers with the exception of one evening.  Bedtime is still an issue but each night is another chance to improve.  I would definitely consider the spiritual habit a success.  With two weeks under my belt, I feel pretty good moving on to the next task.

The next task will be in the "I" for I group.  After prayerful consideration, although I was only wanting to tackle one, there are two things I have felt God leading me to develop into habits. Since the beginning of the year, I have been doing a good job of communicating with my OA sponsor so if that were not already in place, then that would be my habit.  Since I'm already doing a good job with that, I feel God really leading me to focus on my teeth - brushing AND flossing.  I am also feeling very called to adopt a habit of drinking water instead of diet dr. pepper.  Believe me, this isn't something I WANT to do and  it will definitely be a challenge but over the next two weeks, I will not only work on being more consistent with brushing and flossing but I will also be working on substituting water for diet dr. pepper.

I pray any of you wanting to live a S.I.M.P.L.E. life have discovered your "I" task for the next two weeks.  I also pray your "S" habit was successful.

Simply,

ThereO

S - Day 9

STILL haven't gotten this going to bed thing under control.  STILL having a hard time shutting down the computer.  Aiming tonight for shutting down the computer at 10:15... I think I can, I think I can!!!  Aiming for getting in bed by 11 and lights out at 11:30.

I have been doing a good job of getting evening and morning prayers said.

Looking forward to adding in my "I" activity.  From the "I" post, I am considering...

something from Hygiene - showers, brushing teeth, flossing, getting dressed every day, make up OR from Health - OA participation, exercise, vitamins, water, meditation OR from Education - learning a new language, learning digital photography/scrapbooking, learning more about computers/design.  There are of course many more on the list but these are the ones I'm drawn to working on... now to narrow down the list some more.

Simply,

ThereO