Self Discovery

As a stay at home mom I sometimes feel that I don't have much outlet for intellectual conversation. Surprisingly I get somewhat tired of hearing the lessons on Playhouse Disney and trying (unsuccessfully) to decipher the gibberish the comes out of Alex's mouth. It's not that I don't enjoy hearing "Mommy, mommy, mommy, mommy" about 100 times a day but it would be nice to have a place to talk about the things that are on my mind, the issues that concern me or to just revel in the glory of the occasional astounding thing my children say.

That being said my first post will be about an issue I see popping up a LOT on the Facebook posts of my friends. It's the issue of Self esteem. Obviously I struggle with this myself. I think everyone does. The problem is we tend to compare ourselves to other people and not just celebrities. I will look at the other moms I know and think how great a job they are doing. How they seem to have everything together. The make time for their families, cook, clean, exercise and even hold down jobs. What I am coming to realize however is this is just how things seem. When I look at others I'm comparing myself to the image they are putting forth. That's not to say I don't do the same thing. There very well may be someone looking at me and saying "She really seems to have everything together." In reality I'm not a terrible housekeeper, I don't make the most healthy meals, my exercise routine is in shambles and I don't even have a job to contend with. So when I look at the reality of what my life is like and compare it to the fantasy of what I see of other people's lives of course I come up looking bad. All that I can do is attempt to work on me to be the best that I can be and keep in mind that the comparisons I make are unbalanced. We all have flaws and we all have strengths.

Today is the start of Lent and to follow in the footsteps of a friend who has decided to give up her negative self image I have decided that I will be giving up my negative self talk and attempt to replace it with the facts. The facts are the I have been fearfully and wonderfully made! I will revel in that for this Lenten season see if by the end I can discover the strengths I'm sure are there.

PS. Sundays will not be a free day for me to say whatever bad things I can think of about myself.

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  1. Susan FishMarch 9, 2011 at 7:51 AM

    That is an awesome thing to do for Lent. Cool. And welcome to the blogosphere.

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