Fog Delay

The perfect way to celebrate the first day of Fall would have been to have a fog delay. I was so hoping as I woke up and looked outside that my view of the houses across the street would be obliterated by thick, soupy, grayness rather than the clarity that was really there. Normally, I fight for clarity and wish that all fuzziness would be eliminated from my life, but this is where I embrace it. Maybe I should learn to embrace more grayness rather than striving for solely that which is black and white. In the meantime, while I learn to do that, I am still hoping for a fog delay. Maybe the superintendant can work on embracing fogginess, too.

What is Really Necessary?

Looking at my calendar for the next few months, my weekends are already planned. I have events and meetings for most of the days of the week. I am feeling unbalanced and not sure what to do. How does one know what to eliminate? What is really necessary?
All of the busyness is due to "good" things. Work, professional development, church, plans with family and friends...how can you - how can I - say no? I am realizing that something needs to give. I cannot do it all. Because of my personal beliefs, I know I need assistance from a higher Source. This is a blog for school, so I will not go into detail about that, but I think the concept is something that everyone, including my students, have to struggle with. There are only 24 hours in a day. How should they be used? How a person spends his or her time shows the true reality about what is most important in that person's life. Do your - and my - ideals and thoughts match up with reality? If I say my family is most important, does my life reflect that?
I am going to do some personal readjusting. How this will actually look, I can't yet say. I just hope that my life will be a better reflection of what matters most.