Day 15

I just finished my 10 things tonight. 100 days is beginning to feel very far away. But I am 15% of the way there. I decided to pray about my 10 things first this morning and a few of those I felt I was suppose to do today were a little challenging but I did it anyway. There is no point in asking if you have no intention of following through.

Two of my 10 things were practicing the piano and practicing my Spanish. I had to read a short story in Spanish today. That was interesting! I understood about 75% of it. I need a little more practice before I move on to chapter two. I think I might switch over from the book to the computer program it is a little more interactive .

I thought I would get done early today but my doctor appointment lasted a little longer than I thought. Ken and I were sitting in the waiting room waiting for me to get called back and there was a couple with a three year old sitting close by. The child kept misbehaving and the father was getting so upset. The little boy would crawl under the chairs as the father was trying to get him .The boy would crawl to a new chair as the father would pick each chair up. Finally the father got really upset and he sternly told him THAT IS IT! All your privledges are gone NO MORE NINTENDO, NO MORE COMPUTER! The three your old boy just looked at him and smiled. It took everything I had in me not to laugh hysterically. I was hoping so bad they would call me back soon because I could no longer keep a straight face. Does a three year old really care about a computer? I know times have changed.

What happened to having them use their imagination. I am glad we did not sit in front of computers and play video games all day when we were that small. We didn't have them. When we played we used our imaginations. Everything could be used for play. We took our stuffed animals and brought them all in one room and would pretend we were running a pet store. We took the junk mail and played post office. We would ride our bikes up to a bedroom window and pick up our mail from the one pretending to be a postal worker. When we didn't have a play house anymore we outlined a house out of sticks in the sandpit . We built forts in the woods. We tied our barbies to inflatable furniture and sent them down the creek pretending they were river rafting. I am thankful I still have that same imagination. I have noticed over the years how easily children get board now if they don't have some new toy to entertain them or the latest game or electronic device.

Look at the creative mind Walt Disney had. What an imagination ! Disney Land is one of my favorite places besides the beach. I think that would be the best job in the world. Well at least one of them anyway. Maybe tomorrow I will see how creative I can get with my 10 things. After all we were created in Gods image and he is hands down by far the most creative.

Live a life worthy of the Lord....please him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God.        Colossians 1:10