{"id":3746,"date":"2014-11-24T15:54:36","date_gmt":"2014-11-24T21:54:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tracyleekarner.com\/?p=3746"},"modified":"2014-11-24T15:54:36","modified_gmt":"2014-11-24T21:54:36","slug":"o-is-for-order","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tracyrittmueller.com\/2014\/11\/24\/o-is-for-order\/","title":{"rendered":"O is for Order"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Order\"<\/a><\/h2>\n

This series is an alphabetical exploration of\u00a026 options for living well, despite everything.\u00a0<\/a>It answers the question\u2013How can we live well, despite problems?<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n

By getting our lives in order!\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Disorder is a muddle. Havoc. A confusing, chaotic mess. A shambles. High Anxiety! Lawlessness!
\nWhich is to say, disorder is\u00a0incompatible with\u00a0living well.<\/strong><\/em>
\nBut order\u00a0naturally deteriorates. The 2nd law of thermodynamics says that without intervention, all things move toward greater entropy and disorder.
\nWe have to INTERVENE in the natural course of things in order\u00a0to maintain order.
\nI, like most people, have struggled with getting and keeping my life in order. It took a mind-shift to get me out of chaos.
\nIn seeking order for my life, I was focusing on\u00a0organizing things<\/em>, and keeping\u00a0things<\/em> tidy.<\/strong>
\nTidiness, however, is merely the byproduct of Orderliness.
\nOrderliness comes from\u00a0knowing my priorities and living according to\u00a0my values. <\/strong>
\nHow\u00a0easy it is let things take their natural course, to get pulled into\u00a0behaving\u00a0as if I agree with what “everyone”\u00a0seems\u00a0to think is important:<\/strong><\/p>\n