Priorities

I have been trying lately to stay steady with my wifely duty routines following the chores I had written on the chart which I mentioned in the entry “Making Wifely Duties a Routine Habit.”  And I was able to add one thing to a day on my weekly chart this last week.  It was a simple thing.  But the idea of this chore addition was the turning point for realizing that I need to set priorities.  As I thought about it and realized that the absence of this chore is more availing of the time I have, priorities have called that I consider referring to the chart as only a “guide” for now, reading the list with a “grain of salt.”  I am not so bothered if this chore is not a priority.  I felt other things needed me more this week than to bother with the pettiness of doing what I felt I had been compelled to do before.  Cutting out a toilsome obligation has given me a sense of single-mindedness toward what ultimately leads to peace.  This has redeemed so much time, and I have been able to get ideas accomplished more rapidly.  Keeping priorities ahead of me keeps me pressing on toward the peace that I get from having such flexibility.  I may be able to keep up with that chore I added last week for other weeks, but right now, it is not a priority, and other things are calling.