We've had a weekend with some sickness and the addition of a new kitten to our family. After sitting with my sweet boy and cooling the cloth on his head I realized that I have a habit of finding a cause to rant about or a bandwagon to jump on. It's another way I escape, so to speak, instead of living in the reality of my wonderful life.
Fighting the good fight over every little thing doesn't allow for a very balanced life now does it? I think maybe I need to be less concerned about what other people or organizations are doing and focus more on my home and what I'm doing. It's not my job to fix things I perceive to be a problem. It's only my job to ensure that my son, husband, and pets are happy, healthy, and well looked after. When Morgan had a fever I didn't give two heaps about O Canada and why is that? That's because, no matter how much I don't like to admit it, it doesn't really matter. It's an idealistic value that is important at certain times, but it's not so desperately important that I need to be wasting my time up on a soap box about it. All that soap box does is take me away from my real job and my real purpose. All soap boxes that I choose to jump on do that. They take the best parts of me away from the people I love. They take my best ideas, energy and focus away from what truely matters instead of letting me do the sickness laundry to keep the spread of germs down to a minimum.
So, today I'm going to try to focus on my family only, not on some "cause" that doesn't need my energy or focus, because it's an it and not a him or her. My family and the people in it are what really matter. Ensuring their health is what matters and I sometimes need a swift kick in the pants to fall off my soap box and remember that.
I'm off the box now and I'm not preaching at anyone about the travesties of this world. My world is within these four walls and I am safe and secure enough within them to not rant it up about one thing or another. I mean, when it comes right down to it, who cares and so what?
2 comments:
Focus on family first is what we all need to do.
When our family is grown and they don't need us so much then we can focus on other causes that need us.
New kitten? Yay!
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