Accepting ourselves and our loved ones, imperfections and all, makes us feel secure
“My sister-in-law gets up at 5:30 a.m., jogs for 40 minutes, comes home, showers and gets dressed, makes a hot breakfast for her children and has them fed and the kitchen cleaned by 8:30. She tells me that she likes the kids to be able to relax a bit before they start their morning.
“I, on the other hand, force myself out of bed at 6:30 a.m., and then rush around as fast as I can and still don’t manage to get everyone (including myself) dressed and fed before nine. I feel like I’m working so hard, but every morning is a struggle to be on time. I don’t know how she does it. Our kids are the same age, we have the same tasks, but I just can’t get everything done. And forget the jogging — that’s not even on my radar.”
Yup. That’s how it goes. Different people have different abilities. One is an organizational whiz and the other isn’t. And the one who isn’t has other talents and abilities — or doesn’t. It doesn’t really matter because life isn’t a competition between two sisters-in-law or between anyone else; we’re all on our own individual journeys.
“Sure, we’re all different and that’s fine and dandy. But when you’re different in a bad way like I am, it’s really hard to be self-accepting. I have learning disabilities that held me back when I was in school and they continue to affect me in adulthood.
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