Have You Ever...?

Warning: ridiculously long run-on sentences ahead. 
 Have you ever had to push the lock button on your car key to honk the horn in order to find your car in the parking lot?

Have you ever called your husband to asked him a question and by the time he answers you can't remember why you called?


Have you ever made plans (for days or even weeks) to attend two different events and then at the last minute it dawns on you they're both on the same day at the same time? 
   I've heard this kind of thing can be blamed on anesthesia. 
 But my youngest is almost 15, so I'm guessing that's not it. 

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  Have you ever sat down at the computer to pay bills or return emails and the next thing you know you're reading the "Hey, Girl" quotes on Pinterest and then you and your daughters are laughing so hard you're crying and saying things like "Wait, wait...I have to go the bathroom!"?

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Have you ever started browsing Pinterest or Blogland and your heart starts racing and you're thinking
I want to make this! 
I want to paint that!
Gotta Pin this!
Gotta Pin that!
I want to go there!
I want to do this!
I want to create that!
I want to fill in your own want to here!

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...and you're so inspired you don't know where to start and everything in your house needs to be repainted, refreshed, repurposed but you can't remember what it was you wanted to do first because you just found another wonderful idea to Pin and supper is burning on the stove...


And then...
after you rescue your supper

You happen to come across a post that makes you stop and think?
Truly, Stop and Think.
Maybe a post like the ones written by the gifted writer, Ann at
A Holy Experience.

And you think maybe... 
just maybe 
what I need to do is slow down.
Just slow down and be still. 
Be still and know. 

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 God, the Ultimate Creator, put this desire to create in us. 

It's there for a reason. It drives us. Brings us joy. Helps us provide for our families. We like being inspired! And of course, there's the enormous sense of accomplishment and satisfaction that comes from creating.
 But the key to this gift of creativity is balance.

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 Finding the right balance in the sources of my inspiration.
And making the time to be still.


This is my summer goal but I'm afraid my husband will still be saying things like..."Just call me back when you think of it."


How do you make the time to be still?


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Beyond the Screen Door is moving to Wordpress!


The "Have you Ever...?" concept was blatantly copied from my daughter, Kaleigh!

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