“There is no obstacle that true grit and Amazing Grace cannot overcome.” –
Sarah Ban Breathnach, Simple Abundance.
So many times, as I look around this tiny house we currently call home, I
feel overwhelming sense of depression and being trapped. It’s not the
clutter, Lord above knows we’ve done a good job of elimnating most of it,
though there is still some work to be done in that area. No…. It
depresses me when we run into situations, for example, when one of the boys
is sick, where it would be better for all our kids if they each had their
own room… In this place it’s just not possible.
Sarah challenges that “prosperity of the soul” is just as important as
“prosperity of the pocketbook.” This isn’t a new concept either. She
actually found it in an issue of Ladies Home Journal dated 1932! She
reminds us of the pioneer woman, who left a nice home back east, traveled
two thousand miles through snakes, blizzards, attacks, epidemics, and more,
all while trying to keep the dream of a better life alive, who now finds
herself thinking of quitting with a thousand more miles to go and too far
past the point of no return. Sarah wants us to consider her as our personal
pathfinder. She encourages us, Don’t give up! Don’t stop! You are not
alone in this journey!
As for me… I have long since reailzed that there are only two things I can
do about our current living situation… Make the best of it, and buckle
down on the spending to save money towards one day purchasing the house of
our dreams, or at least one that is not attached to the nextdoor neighbor.
So here’s to one day owning my own house! Now to go deal with the boys, who
have woken up each other and their sister in the next room. *sigh* I can do
this. I’ve come this far. One more year and we move again. When we do, we
qualify for a bigger house… *S*