Next:: Kate Montaung's Five Minute Friday
Next.
Two ideas come to mind: My eldest who always wants to know what's next. I feel powerless when he asks me because I don't know. and I feel like a failure because I think I "should" know.
And the other is the phrase used in recovery, "Do the next right thing" which is a phrase that brings me comfort when I want to escape into a book or (used to be) social media or I when I get overwhelmed by the thought of a whole day, week, month, year mothering and home making and wife-ing...
I can do the next right thing. I can say a prayer for kindness and for the Lord to see me and intercede when I want to yell, "I don't know! You figure it out!" at my eldest. I can wipe the counter, sweep the crumbs, start a pot of tea, sit on the front porch with s little someone in my lap, even take a deep breath.
I may not know next, next right thing, but I can do the one I'm given, breathe a prayer with my good Father, and then do the next.
I like the phrase "do the next right thing". I never heard of it until now.
ReplyDeleteIt's similar to my favorite quotes from a song:
"Put one foot in front of the other
And soon you'll be walking 'cross the floor
Put one foot in front of the other
And soon you'll be walking out the door."
We can do it as long as we put one foot right in front of the other. We can do the next right thing.
Thank you for your thoughts!
~ Your FMF neighbor