Today I am starting with my kitchen. I have learned that if my kitchen is a mess I just don't want to clean anything. But if I can have that one small goal to start with making sure the kitchen is clean every day then the rest of the house might follow. I am completely energized and ready to be the mother I have neglected being. I am grateful for Heavenly Father and his ability to guide us and help us overcome our shortcomings.
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Revelation
I had a realization yesterday afternoon. I have very little will power. When I decide I want to change something in my life, i.e. weight, exercise, cleaning, laundry, I am really good at it for a week sometimes less and then I just give up. I chalk it up to I just can't do it it's too hard and I just give up. When I make a decision to take the TV out of our lives it lasts one day until my favorite show comes on and then I go back to letting the kids watch it for hours and hours a day and myself for at least 3 hours a night. Well last night I was thinking alot about my dilemma with sincere concern and a desire to create change when I started to read the Conference talks from April's Conference. The first one I read was by Julie B. Beck. She talked about just bucking up and doing our responsibilities as mothers. Usually when I read talks about what a mother should be doing it just depresses me. It is overwhelming what we should be doing. But her talk was more about relying on the spirit to guide us and allowing Heavenly Father to help us do what we have to do. I also read Elder Ballard's talk on Mothers and Daughters. He told us that we have to teach our daughters to be mothers and teach them how to feel the spirit. I was completely uplifted and ready to take baby steps, until I can change completely.
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3 comments:
You are an absolutely divine Mother. It is impossible to do it all. Sometimes we have to choose between a clean room or great memories for our kids or teaching them the gospel. They're all equally important, but impossible to master all at the same time. Go easy on yourself, if something gives you stress, leave for another day. I think the most important thing is to be able to be happy for your kids and everything else falls into place. So....do what makes you happy.
I agree with Princess P. I was trying to think of something eloquent to type. But I'll just say ditto!
You should go back and look at all of your blog posts and pictures over the past year! You are an AWESOME mother and wife! It's good to have goals and want good things, but looking back, if I had to choose a clean house or having mud fights with my kids when we lived in Price Utah.....I would definitely pick the latter! It was SO much fun! They even had mud in their teeth! :-) When my kids were little, I would set a timer for 15 minutes and we would see how fast we could clean the kitchen, living room or whatever in that time period. When it was over, it was over. I didn't worry about it and it made them feel so good! Have an awesome summer!
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