Sometimes I have to remind myself that I CAN do everything I want to do. I don’t know why, but at times I find myself making excuses for why I’m not getting everything done that I want. I listen to my older church friends tell me I’m so super busy and how impressed they are for everything that I do – that I get my family to church on time and groomed appropriately, that I actually do church study and maintain my house and yard and get everyone to practices and work full time etc. They tell me there’s a season for everything. And I love that they are all so super sweet to me, but some days, when I’m dragging I start telling myself the same things, “It’s okay, cuz you’re really busy.” “It’s okay, cuz life is hard sometimes.” “It’s okay, cuz you’re a single mom of 5 kids.” And sure, these things are true … but the reality is, when I really want to, I CAN do all of it. And I can do it well. I can work full time, and study the gospel well, and serve other people, and groom my kids well, and get everybody to practices on time, and take care of my yard, and take care of my house, and do my school work for my master’s degree, and spend time with friends and family, and keep myself fit and in shape. I’m not saying I’m super human, because I get a lot of help and support from my family with some of these things and I definitely get help and support from the Lord as I pray and ask for it, but what I am saying is that I need to stop making excuses and start telling myself I can do it all and just get my butt to work, haha. No excuses.
Forever grateful.
