...Does It Feel Like It Has Always Been That Way?
And When Everything Falls Apart, Does It Feel Like It Will Always Be That Way?
A friend asked me this question several months ago. She and I both agreed that when it's good, we feel that it has always been great and will be rosy from here on out. And when it's a mess, it feels so hopelessly like it has always been that way and will always continue to be that way.
So I started an informal poll of people I talk to and found that the vast majority (all but one) feel this same sort of narrow view. (Hats off to the one!!)
I've heard my brain tell me what a perfect marriage I truly do have only to be shocked a few weeks later that it is not. And I've felt that I would actually trade my children in for any others that were available because there's no way to fix the mess I've made.
This is not a healthy mental attitude, I've decided. It's too black and white. And it can't be what the Lord wants us to feel. So it must be from that Other Guy.
But, what do I do about it?
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Jabez has to go. I don't even know which way to pronounce it. It's in the same sort of league with the Chaz spelling. Don't do it.
Oops. I forgot I'm not supposed to provide any answers . . . Sorry . . .
I love Jabez! Keep it! And I love Hannah Sariah! I also like Esther Irene! Your are getting really good at this naming thing. It's the third name, the one before Brooks that I am worried about. What about Hannah Esther Sariah?
What to do about the black and white problem is going to take thought. I know to "count your blessings" is helpful. That may carry the message of "get thee behind me. I'll have to think on it more because I have to go to Stake Conference. Maybe there is an answer there.
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