(And also for these times when I’m trying to find The One Perfect Action that will magically heal the world, instead of rolling up my sleeves, starting where I am, and “making it about the work.”)
From Humans Of New York:
“But the thing that got me through that moment, and any other time that I’ve felt stuck, is to remind myself that it’s about the work. Because if you’re worrying about yourself—if you’re thinking: ‘Am I succeeding? Am I in the right position? Am I being appreciated?’ — then you’re going to end up feeling frustrated and stuck. But if you can keep it about the work, you’ll always have a path. There’s always something to be done.”
-President Barack Obama
Great to hear from you! You haven’t lost your readers.
Good to hear from you again! Wish you would write more but I totally get why that can’t happen! As I sit here after getting the kids to school and wishing for some magic “anything” that would help us all go “POOF” and we were well (or I would even be grateful for even a teensy bit better) I think of at all the younger parents and teachers and staff at the school and their energy and even the strange way they all actually walk upright with a spring in their confident, proud and purposeful step. So I see myself as the slumped over body trying to protect myself from those looks of “what in the hell is wrong with her” stares or I can almost hear them in my imaginary whispers saying “those poor kids of hers have to put up with a mom like that”. I see myself with an anguished look of absolute frustration and hate for them on my face (ok, I don’t REALLY hate them. Just sorta an intense jealousy thing I have going on cause I wish I could walk upright with the purposeful, steady, confident step of a healthy person. That is until I trip over the first grader that I didn’t see and land on my butt and cry until my kids walk past me and pretend they don’t know me! (REALLY TRYING TO LOL!) glad to hear from you and looking forward to next time! Take precious gentle care of yourself Jenny!