One day last winter my husband and I were snowshoeing in the park behind my house. It was a beautiful sunny winter day and we were enjoying the experience. On the way home before we hit the hilly part I saw a long straight birch tree that had fallen over onto another tree. I thought being white it would make great edging for my garden.  So I pulled it down, broke off the thin end and put the rest under my arm and started dragging it along. After about 5 minutes of going up a hill I stopped to catch my breath and look around. It came to me that having this burden was making my journey harder. Hmmm, in thinking about it I had 2 choices; I could drop the long log and make my journey much easier or I could keep it and turn it into a challenge. I decided to keep it because I wanted it and I knew that overcoming the challenge of dragging it all the way home would make me feel good about myself. So on I went with my husband reminding me that we had a lot of trees around…why did I need this one so bad? I just shrugged and kept going it was a personal thing at the time.

Now some time has past and I decided to start this blog. I had my friend Debbie S. help me with it because technology is not my thing. After she spent an hour trying to explain things to me she left and I was a mess. I had come up against something that did not come easy to me, it was like she was speaking Spanish to me and I was only catching a few words. Anyway, she left and I had to run an errand. While driving I was upset and started thinking why bother with the blog if I just stop now and don’t have one my life will be easier and I wouldn’t be aggravated. But then I remembered the tree I dragged and thought about blogging. Did I want to blog? Yes. Okay… is this a burden or a challenge. Obviously I decided this was a challenge that I will overcome and in the process learn and grow from.

Is there something in your life that you would like to do but it seems to hard or are you are already doing something that you feel is hard and you question continuing? Ask yourself is it a burden that should be dropped to make your life better and/or easier or can it be turned into a challenge that once you complete it or master it you can be proud of yourself. If you have any questions or need help answering this question you can contact me and I will be glad to help.

Be well and remember the world needs your gifts so don’t hide them!!!!!!