Seriously today I have a 35 year man child explaining that he wants to tell me hopes and dreams and an entitled mom whining about $30 but tells people they are using the crap makeup from Walmart instead of Nordstrom. What a day. It’s ok. I did my best and the rest is in their capable hands but why is it that people complicate everything. Relationships, communication, instruction, teaching, responsibility etc…. Truly. What is it about us that feels the need to complicate and be right or disappointed or let down or betrayed in all things. What to do? First off. Not eat the feelings away. 2nd to write them down and third I’m for-giving all their issue back and reminding myself that they are in charge of all those messy feelings and they way they feel and in turn treat me had more to do with them than me. Gotta try and hang onto that. Offer what little grace I can muster and share it with my oft neglected kiddos and myself when I feel like I’m falling short for them because I gave most of my grace away to the complainers. I am choosing to be different, react different, and feel different. I will not take this hard day into tomorrow. I will not let it creep into my weekend. I will choose not to feel betrayed by those who should have known better and been on my side as I have been on theirs. I will not take peoples unkindness as a sign that I am less knowledgeable or inexperienced. Their judgment is based on their limited understanding of who I am and shows their depth, not mine.
