I haven’t done a Fun Foto Challenge in a while….It’s a whole new year and I am trying to take back the time that I have given away to other things in recent months. This week we the challenge is to depict the theme Preoccupied.
The definition of being preoccupied according to Webster’s On-line Dictionary is- to be lost in thought; absorbed in some preoccupation (a state in which you give all your attention to something)
Discipline means to prevent everything in your life from being filled up. Discipline means that somewhere you’re not occupied, and certainly not preoccupied. In the spiritual life, discipline means to create that space in which something can happen that you hadn’t planned or counted on.
A lot of people seem to get preoccupied with what I’m wearing as opposed to the music.
Our focus cannot be everywhere. We are finite beings. It’s O.K. to become preoccupied with something. We just need to make sure it’s the right something.
J.E. Lillie
I hope you enjoy the song.
Lillie-Put 
Wow, that was a powerful song! Thanks for sharing, Pastor J that was the first time I heard it. I pray many hearts will be stirred when they hear this song.
Thanks Deb! I am praying right along with you.
These are great photos for this week’s theme. I enjoyed them very much!
Thanks Cee!
Beautiful post Joe, it makde me realize how much I have missed you.
Hope your holiday was a precious as mine.
I have felt so out of touch Dawn. Since I have felt like I have been in a marathon with no breaks. I am using this New Year to slow down and focus once again. Regathering the little pieces of me which seem to spread all over the place is a greater undertaking than I had thought it would be at first.
When you are a generous giving person learning to say “No” is difficult, at first. But once you realize that saying no sometimes actually makes you a better person it will come more naturally.
Indeed. One of my life coaches recently reminded me that the enemy of the best is the good and that everything I say yes to means I am saying no to something else.
Yes, I had to learn this myself. I would spread myself so thin it stressed me out and I didn’t even realize it.
I am trying some new techniques toward saying “No”. More importantl;y I am trying to discover what is my resounding “Yes”. Let’s see how this works.
I have faith in you!