Flexibility
Every morning my son Kyle wakes up at the crack of dawn and stretches for thirty minutes. He also puts in another thirty before bedtime. He does this on top of six to eight hours of daily football practice. So why is my thirteen year-old such a masochist?
It’s might be because my studly boy is determined to play college ball and he knows that in football being inflexible is a deal-breaker.
Now my son takes after my side of the family, the non-Gumby side. My husband jokes I am about as flexible as a two-by-four. So, Kyle doesn’t come by this naturally, it’s a painful and labororious process.
Gumby or Two-By-Four?
I too am getting stretched metaphorically. In the last week, Tim and I submitted a book proposal, which means Tim talks and I write my behind off to catch his brilliance…and then add some thoughts of my own. I also built a website to go along with our book.
(more details to come)
So the writing part wasn’t a big stretch for me, but writing with my husband was! We had to listen and listen some more, and compromise and get endlessly edited and it was hard and wonderful and a true growing experience for our marriage.
There were moments I wanted to punch him and better moments where I was floored at his insight.
And then there was the website construction itself. If you look deep inside my eyes today you might see HTML. Yes, I’ve been that obsessed.
I, Sam, book smart and wordy but often totally clueless, I actually built a website! Are you as astonished as I am?
When I initially set up my blog Scrappy Sam, I blundered through the free WordPress mumbo-jumbo and then when I eventually had to move to a self-hosted version, I paid a web expert to set me up.
This time I paid me.
It feels like I put the big girl panties on, developed some brain muscle and even grew a few inches.
Me. Wow. I can’t believe it. I set up a stinking website with e-commerce, bought and transfered a domain, with video capability, widgets, plug-ins, customized a theme, header and logo.
I’ve been obsessed with both these projects to the detriment of my home, floor, figure and fridge -but gosh darn it I did it!
(I did manage to feed my family and take baby to the pool most days, though we might have watched a lot of Mickey Mouse this week)
Sometimes it feels so good to do something new and big and challenging. And even though my yoga mat was neglected, Kyle and I are on on the same wave-length. God is bending and stretching our muscles and we are growing and developing into the people we long to be.
What area is God stretching you in?
