Spinning your wheels (Wednesday's Post)

Sorry for missing the post yesterday, I let it slip. It is not that I didn't think about it, I did. But, by the time I got around to really thinking about it, other things had come up and I had let it slip. However, it is not the first time I have allowed things to slip past me. I was sharing one day that I have to make notes or I forget things. Someone commented, "You're much too young for that." My Mom replied, "Oh, it hit him early."

Sometimes, the problem is that I have so many projects going at one time that I allow some to slip past as I am concentrating on others. Now, all the projects are important, and all deserve my undivided attention. Yet, I somehow get so many things going that I seem to spend an inordinate amount of time spinning my wheels.

Today's word is just a thought that I had that says, "I don't think going faster is nearly as important as moving productively. A car spinning its wheels may be fast but completely unproductive."

If you've never been stuck in the mud or on slippery grass, you can consider yourself really blessed. A couple of years ago, I got the lawn tractor stuck in a wet spot in the lower field. I sat there slinging mud all over it and me but going absolutely nowhere. So, I got off the lawn tractor, went to the shed and got the tractor. Once I hooked the pull rope to the lawn tractor, I commenced getting the tractor stuck. Yep, spinning my wheels, getting nowhere.

By now, I was covered in mud, everything else was covered in mud. My last option was to get the truck, unstick the tractor, and, then, unstick the lawn tractor. Yes, it did occur to me that I could get the truck stuck, which would be completely embarrassing, especially when I had to ask Trish to use her car. However, before I could get to the house and get the truck, a neighbor came by on his big tractor and got me out of the pickle, Trish never being the wiser.

The point is, while I was stuck in the mud, the more I applied gas to the equipment, the faster the tires spun, but, I still wasn't getting anywhere. Going faster isn't nearly as important as moving productively. You know the old saying, "If you find yourself in a hole, quit digging." If you find yourself stuck, don't continue spinning the wheels, take a little time, think about the options. And, maybe your neighbor will come by and get you unstuck.

Be Blessed,
Mickey T