1500 watts

it is 58 degrees in my office. you see, our communications team moved up to the third floor (affectionately named the penthouse suite) yet since this place has been mostly unihabited for several years, the air control circuit is on a shared unit with some kind of server room that must remain at 65 degrees or below. they are in the process of splitting the two so we can have one with heat.

three of us girls plugged in our space heaters and last week had no problems. today, however a circuit blew by 9:30 this morning and all of our office plugs went dead. turns out all six of us share one circuit, and 1500 watt space heaters are the archnemesis of said circuit.

computers, gone. half-written emails, gone. any sort of productive behaviours, gone. we were left helpless.

during the eight minutes of downtime, i thought how similar this little situation is to my life. i feel cold…empty…frigid. i don’t have the Warmth inside of me that i should. so i plug in one 1500 watt space heater (perfectionism), after another (materialism), after another (unhealthy eating habits), after another (trading mindless activity for time with my Father)…until my circuit blows and I end up completely helpless and unproductive.

although at the moment, the only thing keeping me physically warm is a fleece blanket i have wrapped around me, i am going to try and be more aware of the space heaters i plug into my life when i should be basking in the heat of a much more natural Source.