I've thought about writing a blog for a while now, however each time I went to get started the first thing it asked me was for a title - the very first thing! So each time I got to that point I closed the program and went on to reading someone else's blog - usually something with a witty and inspiring title.
It wasn't until two weeks ago this title came to me. "Piti Piti" is the begining of a Haitian creole proverb - the full creole is "Piti piti wazo fe nich li" - translated as "Little by little the bird builds it's nest". I learned about this proverb in my work with the country of Haiti and fundraising for a recent mission there. It seemed so poignant for the work that is going on in Haiti and will need to continue for years to come, not only as a result of the January 12 earthquake, but the previous years of corruption and abuse - by both the Haitian government and governments throughtout the world. However, as I gave more thought to that proverb, I saw more and more how it could apply to aspects of my life. And how I needed it to become part of my life in order to reclaim it.
You see, I've been caught up in the world of becoming a human "doing" instead of a human "being". Caught up in the adrenaline, the energy, the pressure of doing more. But for what? It has made me tired, cranky (just ask my husband and kids and they can give you more than one example of this on a daily basis) and lost as to my purpose in this life.
So here I go, "little by little" - and this blog is just a part of it. A way for me to hold myself to this new process - to reflect on it each day. I know I'll try to speed it up and have the bird build it's nest faster and faster sometimes. But I hope that by connecting here I will remind myself of the joy of the process - of "being".