What task do you hate to do?
Take out the trash
Talk with a coworker about their annoying habit of chewing gum
Wash or fold laundry
Fill the car with gas
Initiate the hard conversation
Write a thank-you note
Buy groceries
Get an annual physical
Grade papers
Sort the toy room
Floss your teeth
Rake the leaves
Clean the grill
Take flowers to the cemetery
Make the bed
Complete homework
Exercise
Regardless of size or significance, when any unwanted task Velcro’s to us, the longer we delay, the heavier it becomes.
“Regardless of size or significance, when any unwanted task Velcro’s to us, the longer we delay, the heavier it becomes.”
The simplicity of this short paragraph lifted from the pages Joy & Strength offers a game plan; Read to the end to discover a possible solution.
“No unwelcome tasks become any the less unwelcome by putting them off till tomorrow. It is only when they are behind us and done, that we begin to find that there is a sweetness to be tasted afterwards, and that the remembrance of unwelcome duties unhesitatingly done is welcome and pleasant. Accomplished, they are full of blessing, and there is a smile on their faces as they leave us. Undone, they stand threatening and disturbing our tranquility, and hindering our communion with God. If there be lying before you any bit of work from which you shrink, go straight up to it, and do it at once. The only way to get rid of it is to do it.”
-Alexander Maclaren
“If there be lying before you any bit of work from which you shrink, go straight up to it, and do it at once. The only way to get rid of it is to do it.”
Living With Eternal Intentionality®
“So teach us to number our days, That we may present to You a heart of wisdom” (Psalm 90:12).
What about you? Is there an item, a task, a chore, or a function that occupies a permanent reservation on your list of unwelcomed tasks?
Please offer your secret for dealing with it.
