{"id":2017,"date":"2026-10-15T09:22:54","date_gmt":"2026-10-15T15:22:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.duchessmennonite.ca\/?p=2017"},"modified":"2026-10-15T09:22:54","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T15:22:54","slug":"secretarys-corner-98-october-15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.duchessmennonite.ca\/index.php\/2026\/10\/secretarys-corner-98-october-15\/","title":{"rendered":"Secretary’s Corner 98 – October 15"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This week and the next feel like I\u2019m trying to play a four-note chord on the piano that spans nine keys. It\u2019s doable – but it\u2019s a stretch. <\/em>I\u2019m not sure how else to explain it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oh! I found another niche explanation analogy. \u201cI feel thin, sort of stretched, like butter scraped over to much bread.\u201d (Fellowship of the Ring,<\/em> Ch. 1, J. R. R. Tolkien) Like I\u2019m trying to be too many places and do to many things at once.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The problem with this problem is that it was foreseeable. I just…didn\u2019t foresee. Instead of trying to get ahead, I was working on other projects that really don\u2019t matter in this moment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I guess it\u2019s unwitting procrastination? I have definitely wittingly<\/em> procrastinated before, but sometimes I just don\u2019t think through everything coming up and all the sudden it blindsides me out of nowhere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After an hour of stress-staring at my ceiling last night, I can personally not<\/em> recommend unwitting procrastination to you. I was trying to sleep, to rest, but my brain is going 100 miles a minute, rattling through all the things I didn\u2019t<\/em> get done, trying to convince me that at this point I should just get up and work on whatever this-or-that now<\/em>, since I\u2019m obviously not sleeping like I should me. Even though my brain is the thing keeping me from sleeping.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is probably a very niche experience. (Wow, I used niche twice in one SC…who would have thought?) I don\u2019t expect many of you completely lose track of what is coming up and remain blissfully unaware of the stress about to smack you upside the head. But that\u2019s what I\u2019m feeling this week, so I thought I would share that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To end with something encouraging, God had us even in the midst of these kinds of moments. He\u2019s there when we\u2019re anxious. He\u2019s there when we\u2019re busy. He\u2019s there when we\u2019re waltzing through life. And learning to lean on the One who is already there is one of the biggest journeys there is. So do not despair. Lean in.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This week and the next feel like I\u2019m trying to play a four-note chord on the piano that spans nine keys. It\u2019s doable – but it\u2019s a stretch. I\u2019m not sure how else to explain it. Oh! I found another niche explanation analogy. \u201cI feel thin, sort of stretched, like\u2026<\/p>\n

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