tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5866783683800111854.post4943876351714463621..comments2024-02-26T02:24:13.559-06:00Comments on anthemsweet: Different kinds of perfectionism, and some da Vinci botanicals anthemsweethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01419702110074033426noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5866783683800111854.post-8440664502016416962014-09-30T07:25:56.495-05:002014-09-30T07:25:56.495-05:00I've read that, too, about the adrenal rush. I...I've read that, too, about the adrenal rush. I don't know if that's true for me. My big problem is letting the cleaning/ordering thing take up too much of my brain and heart space, which creates a vacuum in my soul, my inner life, and my creative life. I don't think I like to create chaos or am addicted to it, physically or spiritually. I like to create order, but I always have approached it in a way that doesn't work in my real world. Instead of doing little bits at a time, and having small orderly habits (such as the Fly Lady encourages people to develop), I lam inclined to do it in larger projects which I can conceive in my mind as a beautifully ordered concept--a piece of performance art, maybe. But who really has time for that? Investing time in that way brings order in one area, but increases disorder in other areas, as they are neglected so there is no net increase in order. My spiritual temptation was more along those lines. Not a helpful way to live. I hate the adrenaline rush of being late and looking for stuff. I really do. I feel empty not when that is missing, but when I feel like I have to always be on and outwardly focussed on physical things, on getting my house in order and forget to rest and do the things that nourish me as a complete human. When that balance is in place, I feel full and joyful.anthemsweethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01419702110074033426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5866783683800111854.post-71702514679113546242014-09-30T07:03:51.767-05:002014-09-30T07:03:51.767-05:00Thank you. Though I hope God values my prayers mor...Thank you. Though I hope God values my prayers more than I do some of those scribbles, most of which I don't save. (How could I?) I think its more like the way I value snuggling and talking with them. I just want them to be who they are with me. anthemsweethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01419702110074033426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5866783683800111854.post-17548819402426440382014-09-30T06:55:58.898-05:002014-09-30T06:55:58.898-05:00Thank you, Janice. I would like to fit such drawin...Thank you, Janice. I would like to fit such drawing into my life soon! anthemsweethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01419702110074033426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5866783683800111854.post-40628195171926008782014-09-30T00:11:26.435-05:002014-09-30T00:11:26.435-05:00I like this, because it fits some things I've ...I like this, because it fits some things I've struggled with, too. It makes sense. I also read in Messies Manual that we can become addicted to the adrenal rush of chaos. Then, when we order our personal lives, the result can feel, well, for lack of a better word, EMPTY. So, the temptation to rush in and create some spiritual chaos. but the result of such temptation creates spiritual chaos because if we act on the temptation, become grandiose or do something that causes problems, we have a bigger issue on our hands. I love that, "I am loved." Simple solution, "remain in my love" in Jesus MBMargarethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09773188143799348188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5866783683800111854.post-6704806340728715922014-09-29T20:03:53.280-05:002014-09-29T20:03:53.280-05:00What a lovely post. It occurred to me that God val...What a lovely post. It occurred to me that God values our small, imperfect prayers the same way that you value the crayon scribbles that your kids made when learning to draw. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5866783683800111854.post-6836933278752690192014-09-28T17:18:29.037-05:002014-09-28T17:18:29.037-05:00Love those line drawings of botanicals by daVinci....Love those line drawings of botanicals by daVinci. I have a feeling that you could do a good line drawing of the last of summer/first of fall botanical too. janice skivingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07907400457045945037noreply@blogger.com