Comments on: Living Above the Goldfish

By: whimzie

whimzie — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 20:35:02 +0000

Sigh.
We have a lot of drama going on that drains me. Right now the everyday, day-to-day stuff is my nemesis. It just seems like when you’re in the middle of life-altering events you shouldn’t have to do laundry. But the daily routine reminds me that life goes on…and that even though His mercies are new every morning, no days have real do-overs. I don’t want to miss out on the blessings hidden in the laundry basket and in the cement Cheerios that I scrape off the kitchen floor every single day. So I’m trying to retrain my mind to be in every minute. Even the ones I don’t like so much, because this is my life and I don’t want to miss it wishing I were somewhere else. I’m just trying to be purposeful in everything that I do so that at the end of the day I can go to sleep knowing that ugly and beautiful, I really lived that day.

By: mandythompson

mandythompson — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:20:30 +0000

I’m looking forward to normal…

By: Traci

Traci — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 14:42:28 +0000

I will be back to read this post, for sure, because I LOVE YOUR WRITING… but for now, I NEEEEEED YOUR HELP!

http://ordinaryinspirations.blogspot.com/2009/10/1000-petitions-signed-by-friday.html

By: Jan

Jan — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 07:19:53 +0000

Such a chaotic stage you’re in. And yet, it is over in the blink of an eye.

Now that I have my grand baby, I am cherishing every moment. I don’t take calls while she’s here and I spend all my time with her. B/c in the blink of an eye, she’ll be all grown up too.

By: Alana@A Kiss, A Hug, and A Squeeze

Alana@A Kiss, A Hug, and A Squeeze — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 22:58:25 +0000

Yep. I get you on this! I would love to have a clean, spotless house, beautifully manicured nails, and a hip and cool wardrobe. But let’s face it…it’s just not happening anytime soon. I can’t pinpoint exactly when I transcend, but it does happen from time to time!

By: kristiapplesauce

kristiapplesauce — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 18:59:28 +0000

To be honest, I don’t even know where to begin. I get so caught up in the chaos and the crazy. Don’t get me wrong, we have an amazing and beautiful life and I try never-ever to take any of it for granted…but I get lost in the stupid and I don’t know where to go or how to get out of the mediocre sometimes (all the freakin time) and I have no clue how to balance.

By: Viktoriya

Viktoriya — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 11:17:41 +0000

Hello Sarah! You don´t know me and I don´t know you personally, a friend of mine posted a link to your blog on facebook and I started reading it. Not only am I impressed by your beautiful writing, but also… It is weird. Good weird. You posts apply to my current life situations! It would be great just to be able to apply them to life in general, but I feel that God is talking to me, my heart through you and this is just amazing how it works! There was a day, when I was sitting in bus, in a really bad mood, checked my email on my cell, but didn´t read the email with your post… I came home, acted like a fool, who cannot control herself and then read your blog that was describing the situation I had just had. It hit me right there, that I should have read it when I saw it, in the bus. I didn´t. I messed up. Nut I learn, so I want to thank you for this learning material and inspiration you bring! Thank you and may God bless you and your family!

By: Sabra

Sabra — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 01:55:55 +0000

Sarah…I just want to know how on earth you know exactly what I am going through exactly when I am going through it? How? HOW!!!??? lol. It is uncanny how you articulate each day the same feelings I am struggling with…on that same day! Thank you. Thank you for sharing your heart and what God has placed on your heart. He uses you every. single. day. to encourage me, little ol’ me who just “happened” to stumble across your blog…gosh I love it when He does that! My prayer is that you are blessed in return…

By: Margie

Margie — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 01:03:56 +0000

Hi Sarah,

I haven’t visited your blog in a while, but popped over on an old link and loved this post. You wrote my life – the tooth-brushing, goldfish, all. I want to transcend the daily as well, but find I can when I think about what others – those elusive others with nannys and housekeepers and lots of free time (and very likely lots of money) – are missing. There’s nothing like cleaning a potty or changing a child’s sheets in the middle of the night to make one feel both humble blessed to even be performing such tasks. It forces perspective about Real Life. The shallowness and emptiness of those single, childless years in which I was sure I had it all are glaring. I wouldn’t trade what I have now for the world.

If it were offered, of course.

By: denise jones

denise jones — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 17:12:59 +0000

and i want to transcend, just for a moment here and there. to take a breath. away from the goldfishes. so i am not full of myself. my poor-me-this-never-ends-self. and after i’ve breathed i could care less about goldfishes. i need to transcend, and come alive again in Him. and i am learning how to do that amidst the goldfishes, laundry, dishes, boy loudness, and little sister whininess… i’m learning that my life doesn’t require days of transcending, but moments within my days.

beautiful words again my friend.