Never let your head hang down. Never give up and sit down and grieve. Find another way. And don't pray when it rains if you don't pray when the sun shines.
--Satchel Paige
When children are tired they make their feelings very clear. They just sit down and start to cry. As adults, we may sometimes feel like a child, ready to sit down and give up. But we're not tired children anymore. We're grown-ups, living with responsibilities and duties.
Instead of giving up, we need to find another way of handling responsibilities. To begin with, we can ask for help. There are others who can help with meals, family care, and household duties. We can also rearrange our schedules so we're not doing too much at one time and not enough at other times. Whenever we feel like giving up under the pressure of responsibilities, we can remember there are always solutions. Nothing is cast in stone unless we want it to be.
I can begin thinking about making changes in my responsibilities. I can ask for help and do some rearranging, so no day is overwhelming.
--Satchel Paige
When children are tired they make their feelings very clear. They just sit down and start to cry. As adults, we may sometimes feel like a child, ready to sit down and give up. But we're not tired children anymore. We're grown-ups, living with responsibilities and duties.
Instead of giving up, we need to find another way of handling responsibilities. To begin with, we can ask for help. There are others who can help with meals, family care, and household duties. We can also rearrange our schedules so we're not doing too much at one time and not enough at other times. Whenever we feel like giving up under the pressure of responsibilities, we can remember there are always solutions. Nothing is cast in stone unless we want it to be.
I can begin thinking about making changes in my responsibilities. I can ask for help and do some rearranging, so no day is overwhelming.
2 comments:
it's so obvious when someone spells it out in black and white
thank you
I remember way back in 2003 when I had to go into the hospital. I had responsibilities, but a heart attack changed it all that day. I realized that I had no control over what I had to do. It just wasn't going to get done by me.
This thought made me thinkmof that. Sometimes, you didn't give up, but circumstamces made it so you're not the "go to" guy.
Sometimes we just can't, (or shouldn't?) But when we can, we should.
Good stuff. Thanks
Peace.
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