How to make it from Monday to Friday
To get from Monday to Friday, you’ll have to get out of bed five times / some weeks this seems like a lot, but most good gifts can feel overwhelming at first / to make it to the weekend you’ll need to do things to keep you going / get outside / take a break from screens / hold fast to the truth / eat chocolate of any kind / brownies / chocolate chip cookies / hot chocolate / cake / Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups / or if your fancy you can get the dark chocolate peanut butter cups from Trader Joe’s, but I am warning you you’ll get addicted / make plans / it’s always good to have something to look forward to / leave your phone in the other room / but make sure to call your mom or dad or sibling or someone who can remind you you are loved and seen and prayed for / take a minute to watch videos of dogs on the internet or at the park / let the dirty dishes pile up before you wash them down / scroll through Zillow and dream / walk the neighborhood / sing with the music loud and windows down / order some sort of seasonal latte / count your blessings / count them again / give yourself moments of stillness and stretching and silence / spend a few nights in your favorite sweatshirt / Speak with God / short prayers, long prayers, morning prayers, afternoon prayers, evening prayers / don’t forget to watch the sun rest and rise and as the colors mix with the sky remind yourself that you were made to do both / rest and rise / empty your hands but keep holding onto hope / confess your sins and go forward with grace / to get from Monday to Friday, you’ll have to get out of bed five times / what a gift.
With Hope,
Tanner Olson
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