Sunday Sanity Saver - Cut Yourself Some Slack
Is your house perfectly clean? Is your car spotless? Do you always look like you just stepped out of the pages of a magazine? Do your kids always behave like model citizens in every situation?
Of course not. And that is ok.
So often we get depressed and frustrated because we want everything to be “perfect” even though we know that it is physically impossible. When we accept the fact that the house does not have to be perfect and neither do we and our children we can look around and find satisfaction in what we have accomplished. There might still be some work to be done but we can see the progress we’re making and we can appreciate the fact that our efforts are making a difference.
August 18th, 2008 at 7:48 am
Excellent sanity saver.
I judge life sometimes by how well things are “put together”, and that is awful. Thank god I have a good wife who keeps me in check.