I once read a quote, (and I have it somewhere in my house), that went something like this. "Sometimes we trudge through our desert, waiting for an oasis to appear. Don't forget to stop once and awhile and realize the glorious oasis you're actually in."
I've really been thinking about that this week, as this week has seemed to be filled with all the little things that could drive anyone nuts. Sometimes I feel like I'm missing my oasis. Haven't I always wanted to be a mother? And I couldn't ask for better kids. My kids are the best in the world. (Sorry, they just are.) The first days of this week were drudgery, but as I shifted my perspective and my attitude, I realized that I love what I'm doing and I love my children at the stage of life they are in now. Too often we say, "I'll be happy when....." I made a commitment today to be happy NOW. Because "now" goes all too quickly. My little baby girl is already 2 months and 12 lbs! She isn't a newborn at all anymore. Did I enjoy those fleeting moments? Or was I too busy wishing for the next stage of life to come quicker?
I am going to live in the moment from now on because I truly am in a glorious oasis right now....and it's all I'd ever dreamed of...and more.
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Thanks for that post Erin. I needed that today. Sydney have been a little tricky this week also, so I will definitely try to do better and live in the Now.
ReplyDeleteLove ya!