will the *real* you - please step forward
it’s a question i’m asked fairly often . . . what do you do?
what do i do? i pack lunches, help with homework, and do loads and loads of laundry; i counsel, i teach, i write, and i practice lots of things, all of which include patience. i talk on the phone way too much, play a competitive game of word twist, garden, and travel as much as possible. i laugh a lot, and love even more.
but ask me who i am - and i will hesitate.
i am a mother, a wife, and a sister. a teacher to some and a friend to many. and though each of these characters certainly say much about the player underneath - the picture is far from complete.
in fact, there are days and decades i can become so absorbed in the various roles I assume, that I realize I cannot answer the question above. and have no idea – or at least lose track of - who i am.
you too?
its all too easy to become the person we think we’re expected to be – rather than the person we are. wearing roles like uniforms, surrendering who we are to the person we think we should be. sad, perhaps. but more importantly - it is unnecessary!
that’s why it is so very important that every day, you practice being you. even as you're being a mother, a wife and a sister. and while you are a teacher and a friend. honor the person that resides within.
there is no need to sacrifice her to the role you play . . . but rather allow her this platform to authentically emerge and shine through.
what do i do? i pack lunches, help with homework, and do loads and loads of laundry; i counsel, i teach, i write, and i practice lots of things, all of which include patience. i talk on the phone way too much, play a competitive game of word twist, garden, and travel as much as possible. i laugh a lot, and love even more.
but ask me who i am - and i will hesitate.
i am a mother, a wife, and a sister. a teacher to some and a friend to many. and though each of these characters certainly say much about the player underneath - the picture is far from complete.
in fact, there are days and decades i can become so absorbed in the various roles I assume, that I realize I cannot answer the question above. and have no idea – or at least lose track of - who i am.
you too?
its all too easy to become the person we think we’re expected to be – rather than the person we are. wearing roles like uniforms, surrendering who we are to the person we think we should be. sad, perhaps. but more importantly - it is unnecessary!
that’s why it is so very important that every day, you practice being you. even as you're being a mother, a wife and a sister. and while you are a teacher and a friend. honor the person that resides within.
there is no need to sacrifice her to the role you play . . . but rather allow her this platform to authentically emerge and shine through.
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