I had originally “scheduled” the words and thoughts of the day several weeks in advance, when looking at what events and themes were coming up on our calendar and in our studies.

Then came the surprise kitten!

Today’s word was supposed to be Focus. The thought was to be centered around becoming the type of person who could consistently practice PTC – Present Time Consciousness.

Scrap that plan! I’ll have to reschedule that idea.

On the fly, I decided to change our word to Flexibility! Not the bend-over-and-touch-your-toes kind! The “roll-with-the-punches and go-with-the-flow” kind.

The overwhelming desire to play with “Chloe” (kitty’s name, for now!) has caused us to cast aside the majority of our plans for the day.

As our thought of the day, we’ve been discussing how oftentimes a plan will be altered or wiped out all together. We talked about what type of people we’d like to be when that happens.

We each gave our opinion on the idea of choosing happiness over the plan. For example, I’ve really fallen short on my to-do list today. BUT, I’ve really enjoyed ‘hanging’ with the kids and watching them fall in love with a new animal. They’ve been more kind to each other in the process.

If we can ‘control’ the situation and make it better in some way in order to restore the plan, great! If not, move on. No biggie.

We’ve also been talking about how when plans change, even if we don’t understand why in that precise moment, typically the reason will be revealed at some point down the road… and it’s usually a pretty cool reason! My lack of “work accomplished” today has led to moments with the kids that I wouldn’t trade for anything. Cuddles win over plans every time!

Our quote today has been that famous bumper sticker, “We make plans and God laughs!” I love that one!

(Of course, I’ll need to balance this lesson with a future focus on the importance of being organized and a planner and a goal-setter!! I’m sure they’ll remind me that God is only laughing so why bother!)

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