one day at a time

i'm trying a whole new mindset; at least for me. rather, i'm going to try to go back to a mindset i once had, and for one reason or another neglected.

i'm talking about taking one thing at a time. living one day at a time, dealing with problems as they come up. NOT worrying about what may happen, or worrying about things that i can't do anything about at that precise moment. pretty heady stuff.

God only gives me now. no promises for tomorrow or next week. just. this. one. moment.

which, when you think about it, that's truly fortunate for me. i don't have the power to change anything in the future, and i can't undo the past. all i can do is the best i can do at this moment. doing the best i can do at every given moment i'm sure will tax quite a bit of energy. i figure, all the energy i save by not wasting it worrying about things beyond my control will go a long way towards doing the best i can right now.

for example. a few hours ago it was discovered that the water mysteriously quit working. hmmn. we had power, which is the number one reason for not having water here. we live in the country and have a well. during any power outage stops the pump, so, no water. not the case this time. of course it's dark out, and raining. kinda hard to tell if there are any leaks along the line. can't tell if the problem is from the well house, or from the booster well house.

which means we will have to wait until tomorrow, to actually see if we can tell where the problem starts. hopefully it will be dry enough to tell if there is something like a leak involved. i hope it's not the pump. i hope it's something simple like a blown fuse that will make everything work like it's supposed to. but, no point in worrying about it now, can't change anything at the moment right?

stuff like that.

updates on another post maybe.