Burnt Pancakes

So I had one of those ah ha moments today

and it happened through out the day

but started when I burnt pancakes first thing

So I came home from a great personal training session

all ready to walk into the house and make pancakes for the kids

I burnt them

like really burnt them

Like whole house was smokey and it smelled so bad burnt them

The thing is

the reason I burnt them

is because I was cleaning up after our sweet little foster dog that

decided to leave a not so sweet present for me in the corner

since he was left roaming the house

since he was kicked out of the bedroom

because he decided he too wanted to wake at 5:30 when I left

even though the rest of the house did not

So that being said

what happend was

even though I burnt the pancakes

it covered up the awful smell

that I had just walked into a few minutes before

Showing me

it is all about how you look at things

This continuted through the day

and amazingly enough

for the first time in I can't remember

I actually looked at the clock numerous times

and instead of wondering where the time went

could not believe how early it was

each time

therefore

everything around here today

was calm

cool

and collected

When I did things

I looked at the big picture

for example

as much as I want to go though the thirty plus sermons I have missed

I have decided to move forward

focus on today

and press on

I spend to much time

in the past

wanting

wondering

wishing

regreting

It is time to pick up

and press on

I am finding more and more

once I have a plan in place

it gets changed

I even find this in my classes

I get a plan and a new class starts

or stops

So

I decided today

which I am sure I will have to remind myself often

that I will live for today

and only today

As my tea fortune said

" The art of happiness is to serve all"

and I truly feel that that means living for today

and doing for today

and serving others

and myself

by knowing that I do the best I can

when I can

So

when you burn the pancakes

don't look at it in a bad way

or look at all of the things you don't do well

Think about what your are doing well

looking forward

knowing you can just suck it up and make a new batch

Bo never even commented on the smell

He just said

these are the best pancakes ever!

So four batches later

and a sink full of pans

we finally got some pancakes

and they were good

in more ways then one