{"id":13457,"date":"2017-05-11T03:42:56","date_gmt":"2017-05-11T10:42:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/?p=13457"},"modified":"2017-07-11T22:43:50","modified_gmt":"2017-07-12T05:43:50","slug":"a-light-switch-kind-of-person","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/2017\/05\/a-light-switch-kind-of-person\/","title":{"rendered":"A light switch kind of person"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I am up before the sun, finding an ability focus in the early hours that I don’t have during the day. I am a light switch kind of person with my abilities. If I have a high-intensity day, the next day I make sure that I am “off” in terms of expectations. Sunday was an “on” day, with many demands. Monday was an “off” day, where I rested, cleaned, and prepared a big roast that could be eaten for a few days. Tuesday I was “on” again, working on a funeral luncheon, with all of the details and interactions and laundry that come with it. You get the picture.<\/p>\n

I think that people often\u00a0wear being busy like a badge of honor, and use the word “busy” as an excuse not to do the important things. I am trying to avoid the word busy in my vocabulary. Instead of “busy,” I say “full,” because my life is full of choices for how I will spend my time, and I choose a full life. When I hear the word busy, I think of someone who is a slave to their commitments.<\/p>\n

Even though I like the “on” and “off” formula for living, it’s not always possible. Sometimes I have to be “on,” day after day. I have seen a healthy dose of grace enter my life this week, allowing me some emotional, physical, and mental stamina that I don’t normally have. I have also felt some profound love and acceptance from my Heavenly Father through\u00a0prayer that gives me more strength than any plan or formula for living that I come up with.<\/p>\n

Acceptance and love are powerful motivators. By this, I don’t mean they are incentives to keep going, they are the fuel. We are loved by God, not because we did a good job; We are loved because we are his children. I have felt his paternal joy that comes from seeing me\u00a0accept his help\u00a0to climb a little higher.<\/p>\n

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I am up before the sun, finding an ability focus in the early hours that I don’t have during the day. I am a light switch kind of person with my abilities. If I have a high-intensity day, the next day I make sure that I am “off” in terms of expectations. Sunday was an … Continue reading A light switch kind of person<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13457","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-life-according-to-angela"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13457","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13457"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13457\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13760,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13457\/revisions\/13760"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13457"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13457"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13457"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}