Hey! Hope everyone is doing well! I just thought I should do a little update
since my last post was kind of a downer! GEEZ! Sorry!
Well I haven't had time to finish the book I was talking about,
but I have read more of it.
There is a chapter in it called "The Volunteer Spirit".
It really helped me grasp things and put them in perspective.
I will quote a paragraph...
"I know some of you are going to fight me on this, but its worth the fight. Just go with me for a moment. No matter what you're doing in life, you volunteered. There are no slaves in this country, with a few-I'm sure-tragic and rare exceptions. You have choices. If you chose to be a husband, you signed up to be patient and supportive. If you chose to be a mother, you volunteered to clean up catapulted applesauce containers and messy diapers. If you chose to work at the phone company, you signed up to take calls from customers for eight hours a day and help them as much as you can. Whatever job you have, you volunteered. You applied for the job. You accepted the job. And when you did, you agreed to have some hard days, maybe many hard days, until you change your mind and volunteer for another job."
I don't know if anyone else out there has been playing the victim role,
but after reading this I realized that I was!
There is not one thing on the list of all the things I do everyday
that I did not "volunteer" for.
I said yes to be a wife.
I said yes to be a mom.
I said yes to owning a home.
I said yes to help at my kids school.
I said yes to be on both PTA boards.
I said yes to work at the Post Office.
I said yes to the Relgion that I believe in.
I said yes to be the 1st counselor in Primary.
I said yes to be a friend.
I said yes to brownies knowing I will need to get on the treadmill.
I cannot think of one thing that I do in my life that is forced.
I signed up for it all, which to me is a great reality check.
Since coming to terms with this,
I feel like a new person.
It has been wonderful!
The book I am reading is called
"Wake up to a Happier Life"
and every day I feel like that is what I'm doing!
