FAITH + LOVE + MOTHERHOOD + LIFE
What does it {truly} feel like to rest? I find I ask myself this question quite often. I don't know if I even really know what it means to rest. I constantly feel like I am trying to get ahead.. do one more thing before bed.. just get things done. It's exhausting. Life is exhausting. We were never made to go, go, go. We all need that time to rest. Reset our minds. Re-charge our bodies. Rejuvenate our souls. That's the way God intended it.
So stop, mama... I beg you... please stop! Those life moments you see as you scroll are merely highlights -- the perfect highlights. The highlights she wants the world to see, not the ones she doesn't. Underneath it all, she's just like you and I: Scattered most days, unsure of how she'll make it through and a cup of coffee away from complete madness.
Then, one day, when I am old and gray. I'll remember the giggles I created. I'll remember tickling bellies and toes. Reading stories snuggled up on the couch. Having a dance party in the living room. Staying up past bedtime to sneak in a few more cookies and some milk. These are the things we will remember and cherish. But, I won't remember what I was scrolling through on social media or the post I though I just had to read.
You see, the second we start to look at the "inevitable" as "what's meant to be" our stress slowly starts to melt away. Because when it comes down to it, we can't control what's going to happen. We can only control how we react to it, and that's the most important part. Why? Because it ultimately sets the tone for how we conduct ourselves as a person.. a wife.. a mom... an employee. When you let these "inevitable things" get to you, they will. And, they will ruin you! It's a never-ending cycle really because these things will continue to happen.
Stop worrying about what Facebook supermom is doing and DO YOU! Let her clean the house from top to bottom each week. Let her feed the kids a home cooked meal 3 times a day. Let her dress herself + her kids in perfectly matching outfits with a bow a top. That's what works FOR HER and NOT YOU! And, you know what?! That's ok! Your to-do list doesn't have to mimic hers — and it shouldn't because YOU are not HER.
We're all in the same boat here. Working each day to steer our "crazy" on the right path... a path of compassion and love for those journeying through life alongside us.
