Taking Flight

Still plugging away at my list of things to do.  I just completed my paper bird from Marilyn Radzat's Flight of Fancy workshop. I wasn't going to share the finished project here, not viewing this project as an important one on my artistic journey.  This was just a fun project on my list, because this little bird made me smile and I wanted to have one swinging happily away in my workspace. 

While working on my bird today, I learned a lesson from my son. He was reading a book to me, and burst into tears.  I put down my paper, and asked what was wrong.  "It's too hard, it too long, I can't do it" was his cry.  After he calmed down, he finished the book and exclaimed, "I feel so much better now!".

I asked him why he felt better to have finished, and he told me, "because I like to have finished things, and because that means I can do something else that I want to do more now".

I find myself reflecting on his words, and how true they are even to to my life, and my tasks.  I have this huge list of things to do, dating back to last spring, some items having been on that list even longer.  I have this physical written list, look at it, and see things that should have been done last May, still not yet started.  Time passes, the lists get longer and I cry out, "it's too long, I can't".  

Now I have a finished bird, and I too say, "I feel so much better now!"  This finished bird is one small success, and one item off my list.  It's a bird that sings, "you did it, and now you can do the next thing!"