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Friday, November 4, 2016
I don't know how she does it...
I don’t know how you do it....UGH! That phrase. It carries so much history for me.
Before the blatant and comical rebellion we witnessed in the movie Bad Moms there was another extreme of a mother actually trying to do it all in a book/movie, "I Don't Know How She Does It" with Sarah Jessica Parker. This movie revealed the laundry list of juggled "to do's" toggling between the roles of mother | wife | woman | professional | friend | et all.
I remember going to a luxurious iPic theater with friends to see it and they each had such diverse family, parenting and career dynamics. While the movie was absolutely designed to be a comedy, deep and authentic tears streamed down my face throughout the movie creating the appearance I may have been watching a full blown dramatic tragedy. In my recollection, none of the other half dozen women I was with experienced that effect. It was just so real. Too close to the struggle I found myself in, acting like I actually could be balancing so much, when I knew I wasn't. Truth: When I was successful in one area, I wasn't finding success in another.
While that movie came out many years ago, the phrase, which I still hear often enough, gets to me now just as its gotten me before... Especially because it is delivered by those who really just don’t understand how much I don't want to be "doing it". How much I feel like I am just failing at it by taking on too much, truly.
An old mentor of mine taught be how to be a duck well I guess. Gracefully gliding atop the calm surface of pristine, still water; all the while spinning like mad just underneath to direct my progress. Do you know how fast I am spinning just underneath my surface?
Jesus, come into my heart and reside with me, so that I can experience peace in your presence.
How do I do it? When one of your “buckets” is full you better believe there is another one losing volume. Constant monitoring to make sure one bucket doesn’t totally dry out feels like a full time job in itself, and I have more than a "full time" job outside the home as it is. I need to keep shifting and attending to what is getting depleted and it keeps me from truly enjoying any of these important areas of my life for long enough. Just maintaining. That is what it feels like. Not really thriving. Just maintaining.
I found wisdom in the maintaining though. Just like every other story I could ever share with you, God uses it all to work out for the good of those who love Him. Do you know you will always receive what you ask for with a heart open to receive? The wisdom I see in this cyclic activity? How do you sustain yourself to do this? Pseudo “Balancing”, or taking turns, through self care, your spouse, work, children, faith, friends, hobbies, volunteering, growing, developing your legacy? There is only one way. By Grace.
You may not know how I do it, but I do. Only by the Grace of God.
And that is where I will live, and what I hope to transfer to you at any chance we can connect.
Drink
Golden milk
It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more.
Lunch
Beet and pear salad with pomegranates and walnuts
It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more.