a complicated balance

this weekend i have been thinking of three things:

1. wilderness, and how much i want to be out in it.
2. family, and how blessed i feel to be a part of mine.
3. community, and how i can become more connected with it.

i have been busy with work lately, which makes me especially desirous of those three values.

today i participated in community, had lunch with good friends, and then came home to work (and it's such a solitary affair, this business of being a freelance writer).

now the day is over, and i'm drinking the tea that i let get cold on the nightstand, and i've got oatmeal chocolate chip muffins in the oven and i keep wondering how it is we're supposed to balance all of the elements of our lives if we want to make our homes and our money.