JUGGLERS' TALES
A lawyer told us how he renews every day:
"I get to my office early, say hello, check the email, and disappear for an hour. People think
I'm in a conference. Nope. I'm at a coffee shop around the corner that serves particularly good
muffins. I read books about the economy, government, or philosophy. I love the ideas that come my way over a
good muffin."
A busy volunteer wrote:
"My days were jammed with meetings and to-dos. At the end of the week, I couldn't recall what
I'd done. Worse, I didn't know if I made any difference at all. A friend told me that I just had
to say, 'No' sometimes. That's hard for a wanna be people-pleaser like me. But I practiced
in the mirror and said, "Ask me another time -- maybe in a year or two, when I could do a better
job." OK, that's not ‘No', but it worked! I can think more and I know what I'm
doing."
A couple had made a commitment to having a strong marriage and active professional lives. After about
twenty-five years they realized that they weren't drifting apart, but they didn't have as much in
common as they wanted. Here's their story, as told by the husband:
"We wondered how that happened. It was time constraints, mainly. We batted around ideas about how to
save time at work and home so we could start sharing more. We love to cook. We love the out of doors; and I
spent my childhood on a farm. It took awhile, but it was fun to figure out our goals and ideas. Pretty soon
we took up canning! We take ½ day trips on weekends to find the freshest and tastiest fruits and
vegetables, and we even plant our own. During harvest time, we somehow manage to keep our practices going,
but we are a bit sticky, we've been told. Our conversations and our time-shifting paid off. Once we
understood more about what we wanted and how to get it, we got it!"
Please e-mail your tale to RENEWjuggler@gmail.com
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