Some are big, some are small, but life just doesn't move forward without them.
We have to evaluate, access, take stock continually.
I've always thought most women want it all. I think it's possible, too, but usually not all at the same time.
I couldn't build a career and rear my children as a stay at home mom simultaneously.
I couldn't live to the standard that 11 years of higher education (between us) usually affords and spend my days filling sippy cups and cutting crust off PB&Js.
I can't wish for the wisdom that comes with age without embracing the extra pounds, wrinkles, and gray hair.
But I can take Katherine Hepburn's wisdom without the extras. I thought it was a killer line in Love Affair, and I don't usually remember movie lines, except "Nobody puts Baby in the corner!" comes to mind, but I digress.
Today, was a day for decision. It was election day. We Americans want our cake and eat it too, but happiness is not always found in having it all:
"...Are you happy?"
We have to evaluate, access, take stock continually.
I've always thought most women want it all. I think it's possible, too, but usually not all at the same time.
I couldn't build a career and rear my children as a stay at home mom simultaneously.
I couldn't live to the standard that 11 years of higher education (between us) usually affords and spend my days filling sippy cups and cutting crust off PB&Js.
I can't wish for the wisdom that comes with age without embracing the extra pounds, wrinkles, and gray hair.
But I can take Katherine Hepburn's wisdom without the extras. I thought it was a killer line in Love Affair, and I don't usually remember movie lines, except "Nobody puts Baby in the corner!" comes to mind, but I digress.
Today, was a day for decision. It was election day. We Americans want our cake and eat it too, but happiness is not always found in having it all:
"...Are you happy?"
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Well said, great clip. People put too much stress on things other than just being happy. Hope I'm reclaiming more of that as time goes by. :)
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