I am on a tour bus singing Elton John songs at the top of my lungs with Sunday School Rebel
Sunday School Rebel has been reading Life is a Verb this week, and writing about what she’s reading. And all the while she’s been saying yes, yes, yes!
I love the way she writes:
"Yesterday, I wrote about being the next stop on the blog tour bus for Patti Digh’s glorious book, Life Is A Verb, 37 Days to Wake Up, Be Mindful, and Live Intentionally. I have in mind something like the beloved tour bus from Almost Famous, a good groovy place where everyone sings Elton John at the top of their lungs. This is a book that deserves celebrating, a foot-stompin’ kind of party, with plenty of good snacks and even better drinks.
We know that our days and nights are often filled with pure busy-ness, under the guise of business, or we are caught up in the grind of expectation, our beloved communities, unpacking the kids’ backpacks so we don’t find moldering apple slices in December, after we’ve cleaned the house from top to bottom, trying to rid the house of that funky smell. It’s easy to feel too busy to pay attention to what we forget to treasure: our "one wild, precious life". I’m here, we say to ourselves, I’m busy with my good life, and I have so much to do, so please hush, you pesky little voice. And yet. Yet. These thoughts pull at us, like my toddler at my skirt, and I find myself saying, dude, I have so much to do. Please go away.
I am actually saying that RIGHT NOW as I type this. Mother of the Year!
Life Is A Verb is an invitation, an invitation to slow down already, reassess, figure out what really matters to you. Not to your neighbor, or your mama, or even your partner, but YOU."
Visit Sunday School Rebel’s post about LIAV–and while you’re there, compare your Friday love list with hers, see yourself in the way we fill up our days with yes, and nod at her descriptions of how hard motherhood is some days. My thanks, Sam!
