Reflecting on handling responsibilities
Never let your head hang down. Never give up and sit down and grieve. Find another way. And don't pray when it rains if you don't pray when the sun shines.
--Satchel Paige
When children are tired they make their feelings very clear. They just sit down and start to cry. As adults, we may sometimes feel like a child, ready to sit down and give up. But we're not tired children anymore. We're grown-ups, living with responsibilities and duties.
Instead of giving up, we need to find another way of handling responsibilities. To begin with, we can ask for help. There are others who can help with meals, family care, and household duties. We can also rearrange our schedules so we're not doing too much at one time and not enough at other times. Whenever we feel like giving up under the pressure of responsibilities, we can remember there are always solutions. Nothing is cast in stone unless we want it to be.
I can begin thinking about making changes in my responsibilities. I can ask for help and do some rearranging, so no day is overwhelming.
--Satchel Paige
When children are tired they make their feelings very clear. They just sit down and start to cry. As adults, we may sometimes feel like a child, ready to sit down and give up. But we're not tired children anymore. We're grown-ups, living with responsibilities and duties.
Instead of giving up, we need to find another way of handling responsibilities. To begin with, we can ask for help. There are others who can help with meals, family care, and household duties. We can also rearrange our schedules so we're not doing too much at one time and not enough at other times. Whenever we feel like giving up under the pressure of responsibilities, we can remember there are always solutions. Nothing is cast in stone unless we want it to be.
I can begin thinking about making changes in my responsibilities. I can ask for help and do some rearranging, so no day is overwhelming.
My Mantra is that I do not determine my success by the number hanging in my closet, nor will I let the scale determine that success either. . . It is through trial and error I will continue to grow and succeed. . . Laureen
"Success is a journey, not a destination." Ben Sweetland
Thanks Debbiejean, as I told someone else, it is a pleasure to share what helps me redirect, my otherwise, negative thoughts, with others as I truly feel we can all get something out of these readings, the only requirement being an open mind.
My Mantra is that I do not determine my success by the number hanging in my closet, nor will I let the scale determine that success either. . . It is through trial and error I will continue to grow and succeed. . . Laureen
"Success is a journey, not a destination." Ben Sweetland
It took me a long while to learn to say no. No to bake sales....no to special favors...etc
I want to help an I still do help but not at the sacrifice of my sanity. I always had too much on my plate and I finally refused to buy a platter.
Now I check my schedule before saying yes and I write in time on my calendar for me. I am not a high energy person and I finally realized that. At this stage of my life I am not involved much in youth oriented things, my kids are grown and the grands aren't close enough for that sort of thing. I am now more involved in supporting friends who are ill. Each day I am thankful for my health. As I see people close to me suffering and dealing with serious illnesses I am reminded that I have this tool that makes it possible for me to get even healthier and that is my main responsibility. this journey is not over. My food plan and exercise regime is utmost. I guess I should think of it as my job. My biggest enemy is inertia. I have scheduled sessions at the gym but between sessions I could do cardio at home. I have not been good at doing that. I have things to organize around the house that would also benefit me exercise wise. I need to clean and organize closets and my office ...GO**** is a mess. It serves several purposes and is small so it gets out of hand quickly. My goal for today is to sort through all my cookbooks and box up all that I do not use so they can be given away or put in the attic. I read cookbooks like novels and have years worth of them. all this for a person that rarely cooks. I think I will keep the weight loss friendly ones and the ethnic ones and not the others.
That said I guess I'll get off this computer and start on that bookshelf.
see ya
I want to help an I still do help but not at the sacrifice of my sanity. I always had too much on my plate and I finally refused to buy a platter.
Now I check my schedule before saying yes and I write in time on my calendar for me. I am not a high energy person and I finally realized that. At this stage of my life I am not involved much in youth oriented things, my kids are grown and the grands aren't close enough for that sort of thing. I am now more involved in supporting friends who are ill. Each day I am thankful for my health. As I see people close to me suffering and dealing with serious illnesses I am reminded that I have this tool that makes it possible for me to get even healthier and that is my main responsibility. this journey is not over. My food plan and exercise regime is utmost. I guess I should think of it as my job. My biggest enemy is inertia. I have scheduled sessions at the gym but between sessions I could do cardio at home. I have not been good at doing that. I have things to organize around the house that would also benefit me exercise wise. I need to clean and organize closets and my office ...GO**** is a mess. It serves several purposes and is small so it gets out of hand quickly. My goal for today is to sort through all my cookbooks and box up all that I do not use so they can be given away or put in the attic. I read cookbooks like novels and have years worth of them. all this for a person that rarely cooks. I think I will keep the weight loss friendly ones and the ethnic ones and not the others.
That said I guess I'll get off this computer and start on that bookshelf.
see ya
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