The Gift of Sitting

I don't know if you're the same as me.. or maybe it is a common trait of the female population, but sometimes I find it very hard to "sit"... I have heard many women lamenting their husband's call to come and just sit by them on the couch while they watch football or a movie... or a child that just wants your presence while everything in you yells to jump up and go tackle something on your "to do" list.

Sometimes it's the simple things that we underestimate the most.

How much would it mean to that husband to have you put aside your "to do" list and just be with him?  Somehow we didn't think it was a "waste" of time when we were dating.  Being childlike and carefree is one of the most beautiful, feminine traits we can bring them and savor in ourselves.  They fell in love with us for reasons like that :)!  Maybe he would even be ready to get up and tackle something if his soul was filled for a little while while he enjoyed your company?  Marriages might be saved through little things like this.

Or how about answering your children's beckoning to just "be" with one of them watching their favorite show.. why do we think this is so hard?!  It's probably one of the easiest things there is to do in life.  Grandparents find the time to do it, and savor it.  Why not us.. now?

To take ourselves and our lives a little less seriously... to pack less into a day so we have time to come away with more of these real treasures in a lifetime.

Oh the power of just "sitting" with someone you love... It is a true gift and not just to them.