I'm Not a Lazy Sloth ... All the Time

I'm a person who does things. 

I have to say that to myself when I'm sitting in my PJs at 3 in the afternoon staring at a manuscript on my computer. Maybe if I say it often enough to myself, I'll get dressed ... and get a life.

Words have power.

Larry and I almost didn't go for a bike ride on a fantastic trail on a gorgeous day because it would have been a bother to load up the bikes. "But remember, we're people who do things," we said, and the bikes were loaded in about 10 minutes. We hardly wanted to quit even after 20 miles of hard riding, it was so much fun.

I almost didn't arrange a women's book study this summer at church because it would be tough to figure out child care. "But I'm a person who does things," I said, and now 20 other women are meeting with me to be spiritually challenged and invigorated.

I almost didn't go get a free back massage, pedicure, and manicure tonight (invited along with other bloggers to this lovely event due to my twittering!) because it would be a 40 minute drive, and my book was interesting. I had to tell myself a few times that I'm a person who does things, but I finally listened. And good things happen in a spa with a bunch of women who like words. (More on that later.)

It's easy to be lazy. It's much more fun to engage life.