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Word picture and perspective

Creating a word picture in my mind that tugs directly at my heart.

That’s what this quote does to me:

"Picture a place where you're yearning to be. A place where work, home, and play are properly balanced, where people exist peaceably, where relationships flourish. A place where there's time for what's really important. Picture life the way you're hungry to live it, in your deepest heart of hearts. Picture simpler times." – Thomas Kinkade

What does it say to you?
Oh, how I desire to find work, home and play properly balanced. Now that we are back into our full homeschooling schedule I am reminded that work and play can go hand in hand- work can be fun and enjoyable.
I’ve been thinking that just because I have 3 wild and rambunctious children, a part-time job that takes more than that, homeschooling 3 said wild children, various other obligations and not to mention my darling husband- and I’m thinking that while that all sounds like rather a lot to have on one’s plate- well, I’m thinking that we can still have this word picture. It’s like I mentioned in a previous post- it’s a matter of perspective.
And I’m lookin’ to be changin’ mine.
If one thinks that taking 3 wild and rambunctious children to the grocery store is going to be a nerve wracking trip- then in all probability it will be. But if one chooses to change their perspective (and I do) . . . . . let’s see- I’d have to say that I’d rather take my crew to the grocery store than to the mall! Ah, better perspective. Plus the perspective reminder that they will not always be this young and the moments are slipping by at an alarming rate . . . . . better perspective.
In fact, in my perspective, I happen to like wild and rambunctious and that on a grander scale they are pretty much fairly normal. My children may be wild and rambunctious but they are not ill-mannered or mean- perspective.
I want my perspective to be more wrapped around the here and now than on the future. I want to be concerned about the children learning what they need to know for their current grade levels, not whether they’ll get into the right college. That is important but I need the perspective of here and now. I want to pay attention to what they are doing now and the experiences we can have as a family now than spend time thinking that life will be so much easier when so-and-so child is a bit older or less clumsy or more confident or more understanding or fillintheblank.
Yes, the future and planning for it are important but I’ve found for myself that I have a better perspective when I spend more time right where I’m at right now.
I want to have the perspective of enjoying my home right now and not think “oh, I’ll enjoy it when such-and-such is fixed or replaced or remodeled or removed”.
Things can always look better with a bit of change in perspective. I believe I can have a better balance in my life if I work on my perspective.
My life can be simple in the midst of the complexities. It’s a matter of making time for what is really important.
It’s a matter of perspective.