How do you know what the best path is to follow? Open doors? Desire? Encouragement?

I ask because in the past two weeks some very important causes have come across my path and I am trying to decide which ones, if any, I should pursue. Everyone has the same amount of time I keep reminding myself. And then I add, you can only do what you can do....as if that makes any sense when you look at it closely.

Last week I sat at a meeting to learn about domestic violence in this county. I remembered that I had served on a county-wise task force to reduce violence in the county we lived in before our move here and now wonder if I should throw some energy toward this group.

I think my work as a court-appointed special advocate (CASA) is very important but I just closed my case and have not been assigned another. The good news on this front is that a new group of CASA volunteers has just finished training and perhaps I won't be needed there for a while after they all get their cases. The bad news is that the methamphetamine problem in this county is rising which means the children removed from homes and in need of protection will also increase in number.

I have a trip planned to Haiti in a few weeks. That is a definite and I have a week at the seminary the week before Haiti. Perhaps that is what is making me somewhat anxious (see previous blog on flying).

Thanks for listening. I know we all face the same dilemma and our value systems help dictate where we put our energy and how we use our time. My life will be clear as I am still and listen.

And that's what I think about it.