Consistency

I am so excited because life is good and even when things don't seem like they are going right, well, hindsight is 20/20 isn't it!?

Anyway, one of my great friends is in SA and soooo soon to be in Cape Town, I cannot wait for her to be here. Looking forward to lots of cups of tea and coffee as well as music-sharing with her (she's also a muso and is putting on a workshop and concert while she is here). She is also the best person to shop with because she is a similar size to me and knows my style better than I do, so that is that (although I will probably not be doing any purchasing lol, window shopping then!).

Then, in the last two weeks I have been able to catch up with awesome friends, teach my private students (which I love), clean house, get a massage (which was amazing and I can recommend), play more saxophone, play the keyboard at holiday club, bake, cook more interesting meals, hang out with my mom, crochet and get more perspective on life. Yet, the time seems to be slipping away and I feel that I still haven't managed to do everything that I had hoped to do. Little things creep up like having to get a new gas cylinder and then discovering that the washer for your heater regulator has somehow disappeared and the place that you get your refills doesn't stock them. Thankfully Mica Hardware does and it was easy and cheap to get. But in the story of life, unexpected things like that happen often and before you know it your list of things to do has not been accomplished. I even started writing 4 blog posts that I have not yet completed this last 2 weeks!!!

Anyhoo, I found this quote the other day:

I don't know how I came by it, but I liked it and I printed it out and stuck it inside my cupboard door. Then, after reading it every day I realised, that while this may be true, I liked it more because of the fact that if you could be consistent in all those things, then you can truly say you have integrity. But how broad of a statement is that really? I mean, if we are to speak about religion, because that is one of the biggest places that people shout 'hypocrisy', then I can honestly say, that while my beliefs have never changed, they are always growing as I am learning new things. Ok, maybe that one was a bad example to choose, because I probably haven't been consistent in most of those things at points in my life with regards to religion and outsiders may want to call me a 'hypocrite'. Hmm, ok so I can't think of an example to explain my point, but what I am trying to say, is that while consistency is good and important in life, I feel that we also need to remember that improving is always a good thing, and while striving to be consistent and in routine in things we do in life is important and will get us somewhere, we also have to be thinking of how we can 'up our game'.

I don't know if any of that made sense, but I have to go now. eek