I’ve said,

“If I’m not on fire, it’s not urgent.”

I mean it.  And I repeat that to myself on a weekly basis.  It is so easy to get wrapped up into a false sense of immediacy.  Another set of words I school myself with frequently are,

“I will not be governed by the tyranny of immediacy.”

I’ve learned, over time, that even things that have the appearance of requiring that I drop everything and tend to them… mostly don’t.  With my own priorities I like to pretend I’m a bakery and I tell each one of them to “take a number and sit down.”  Ah – it’s a pleasure to have those days in which I can tend my many priorities in such an orderly fashion.  And for those days when that protocol does not work?  Just breathe!

This image is featured today from my book through Conari Press titled, LIVE WITH INTENTION.  You can purchase a copy from fine booksellers every where or get a signed copy from me at maryanneradmacher.Net