If you're at all like me (even if you don't want to admit it!), you have days like I'm having today: meetings run longer than expected, everyone is rushing around (including you), and something doesn't go quite the way you expected.
At this point, I usually become a little overwhelmed (ok more than a little) and have to refocus and relax. This is where Solitaire comes in. It's the perfect couple-minute distraction in which I can indulge while working. A few mindless minutes of looking at random playing cards and trying to combine them in specific ways. It calms my mind and allows me to regroup and get it together before trying to accomplish the next task. At home, "Solitaire" becomes washing dishes (not lately, since we got a dishwasher) or organizing my craft stuff. I don't have to think about the rest of the world or what went wrong or what bill is due next or whatever has been bothering me. It's a few quiet minutes to reconnect with the fact that I am strong and capable enough to get everything back in order. I just have to decide how to color-sort the buttons and ribbons.
I find myself really craving the hour I'm at church for the same purpose, really. When I'm sitting in church, particularly in the few minutes prior to Mass starting, there's a hush over the room and I can really just enjoy being more in tune to God. Yes, God is everywhere. Yes, I could sit similiarly in many other places and have the same results. But church is honestly the place I feel most connect to Him. And to others around me, because we believe in the same things. It's a place where I'm acknowledged as one of many. My problems never seem as daunting when I think of them with God in my heart.
So "play" your "Solitaire" and find your inner peace. You deserve it!
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