July Muse

The month of June was a bit of a pivotal month for me due to the fact that I have in my life some pretty amazing friends. Friends who care enough about you to not mince words, who critique with kindness, encourage, and offer helpful suggestions and insights. I consider my life richly blessed to know these women and count them as friends and hope I can reciprocate for all their kindness. So, what have I learned or have known all along? After a survey, I realized that I have a lot of songs – songs that I have started, but never finished. This is because I usually write on the fly. Whenever the muse strikes, I grab whatever piece of paper is lying around and scribble a line or two. The result is multiple scraps of paper, multiple spiral notebooks with multiple songs that have a beginning, but no end – not yet anyway. (Starting them is easy, finishing them is… not so easy.) I sometimes get distracted by the laundry, the groceries, the dirty dishes in the sink, etc. It’s no coincidence that over and over I keep getting the same message – through my friends, through Bible study, through articles. So, what’s the message? What’s the problem? What’s the solution? Discipline. Plain and simple. I marvel at the simplicity of discipline and how a disciplined, orderly life is so completely freeing! One of my dear friends shared with me the following article by Carey Wallace. I love it and am excited to share it with you, especially if you struggle with discipline too.
http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/2778/
I’m expecting some good things to come by taking aim at this thing – but don’t expect to see the laundry neatly folded and a spotless kitchen. I’ve got more important things to do. Hope you do too.