"I won't let this part of my life interfere with that other part of my life..."
"This is my (insert priority here) time. My (insert other priority here) time is for later."
Our days have been broken down into "to do" lists and calendars (iCal, anyone?) that tell us what to do and when to do them. If one activity runs long and enters into the time alotted for another appointment, we get frustrated and feel the need to "catch up."
"From 8 to 5 is work time. But in the middle it, that hour I have for lunch is MY time; my personal haven away from that pile of work (or substitute "work" with expletive) at my desk..."
"Weekends are for church. Weekdays are for me."
"After I put the kids to bed, I finally get that moment's peace I've been waiting all day for."
It seems that with all that division going on, we could live thirty different lives and no one would be able to tell the difference... Weekend church-goer to a weekday party animal. Selfless parent to a selfish single. Diligent worker to a lazy bum.
Anyone think there's something wrong with this?...
So let's say our lives were 3 ring binders. The kind we had back in high school. We kept our subjects separate with dividers, right? Well what would happen if we removed all the dividers so that our work from one class would flow right into the work from another?
Would anything in our binder make sense, or would it throw our papers completely out of whack?
But what if in some way all the papers in that binder made more sense after the dividers were removed? What if it worked out in such a way that each of our class' papers were still organized, but that all the papers regardless of subject also made sense together?
I think our lives can be that. More than think, I believe that they can.
If we have one main goal, one main reason for doing what we do, then the motivation within every compartment in our life is the same. Then one thing I do in one part of my day would effect all the other parts of it.
I'm trying working on all this stuff right now --
How does my screenwriting jive with my day job? How does my day job jive with church? Am I different with my church friends than I am with my work friends?
I believe that I'm called to live one life. And that in that life, I'm supposed to be the same/act the same in every facet of it...
It's uncomfortable thinking this way, you know? With my dividers gone, parts of my life are rubbing against other parts that I never wanted to. And it's causing a lot of friction.
But sometimes we need a little discomfort...
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