This spoke to me tonight...

As I am mentally preparing myself to return to my "day job" tomorrow, I was flipping through my newest book "The No-Cry Discipline Solution". The author quoted a poem in one of the early chapters and it spoke to me tonight as I embark on this big change...it reminds me of all that I might miss out on in that 4 hour stretch.

"If I Had My Child to Raise Over Again"
by Diana Loomans

If I had my child to raise all over again,
I would finger paint more, and point the finger less.
I'd do more connecting, and less correcting.
I'd take my eyes off my watch, and watch with my eyes.
I would care to know less, and know to care more.
I'd take more hikes and fly more kites.
I'd stop playing serious, and seriously play.
I would run through more fields and gaze at more stars.
I'd do more hugging, and less tugging.
I would be firm less often, and affirm much more.
I'd build self esteem first, and the house later.
I'd teach less about the love of power,
And more about the power of love.

Tonight, as I get ready to take my first steps back to the office in almost a year, I can't help but worry that I will miss out on something great or that I wasted too much of this precious time worrying about the floors or the laundry.