Releasing Control

(Vacaville Hills as seen from swimming pool parking lot)

Control. A word that is important to most of us, especially project manager types like myself.  The need to plan, organize, and prepare for things that may happen in our lives so that nothing takes us by surprise. A protection against pain, fear, the unknown. A word that I sometimes struggle with, especially this week. 


Another word: Anemia. Definition: "A condition marked by a deficiency of red blood cells or hemoglobin in the blood, resulting in pallor and weariness." Something that I've recently discovered I've probably been struggling with most of my life.  Nothing that scary or abnormal, in fact it is the most common blood disorder and found especially in women.  But it's been something I've been working to improve since I moved to California.  I just found out this week that not even taking 4 iron pills a day with Vitamin C has done anything to elevate my iron levels.  This has been extremely disheartening and frustrating for me. I'm tired of being tired! Again, that control thing.  


I realize that in the scale of things this is a pretty minor problem. Overall I am lucky to be healthy and happy. But I think that maybe we all have something, whether it be big or small, that nags at us, that we cannot control.  So I share a short Bible quote today which has helped lift my spirits, and maybe will lift yours as well:


"Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight." Proverbs 3: 5-6