I was so close to blogging this morning…

So close…

Pictures picked out and everything.

And then…failure.

I was attempting to move some pictures to a jump drive so I could load them to the blog at work. Yes, I was going to do it at work – I will be here for 10 hours today…so I was thinking during a particularly slow time i could get a few pictures up and finish the text tonight and viola…we’d have a blog post.

Well, it was not to be. The computer wouldn’t recognize my jump drive and when I attempted to put them on a different one, the computer froze.

I was frustrated.

Frustrated with the computer. Frustrated that it was 9:07 and I had planned on leaving around 9:10, and frustrated that my 3 year old was not putting his boots on like I’d asked him to.

So…question of the day…

Does close count? Is it truly the thought that counts? Do I ever really have to follow through, or are good intentions good enough?

Last night, I was sitting in the recliner at approximately 7 pm when it struck me that I had forgotten to pull books for someone at the library. This patron was sending her husband in to pick them up for her and I told her they’d be waiting.

I dropped the ball…but I had good intentions.

It’s like asking for forgiveness constantly. I meant to, but…   I tried, but…

And then…in asking for grace, I think of my children, whom I should probably show more grace. They try. They mean to. Sometimes they just don’t get it done.

Interesting questions for the day I guess.

Thoughts?