Just. Be. Enough.
Monday, September 5, 2011 at 08:25PM A friend of mine has started a new website to,
"carry the weight of empowerment instead of the weight of our flaws on our shoulders"
I want to share. I mostly want to share because for every 20 posts that bloggers link up here, Bellflower Books will donate a memory book through Crickett's Answer to a woman fighting breast cancer.
But I want to share because lately I've been trying REALLY REALLY hard to simply accept that I can't do everything.
I've been trying to be a good community member for my DC Moms friends but all I can come up with is a few minutes a week to browse the email digest and post things like, "I suck." to the group. Why do I feel like I suck? Because I simply can't offer people a lot of support right now. I'm struggling to keep up with the bare minimum in my own life.
I want to give more.
I want to give more to my online community, to the school, to my husband, my kids, my mom....
But right now, I can't.
And somehow, I have to be ok with that.
Whether anyone else is or not.
That's my reality.
I have to believe my worth is not measured in how much of myself I give to others. Because I can't give much, until I've taken care of myself.
It's like the oxygen mask on the airplane. First you put your mask on, then you put the mask on the child.
It's all I can offer right now.
And it's enough.
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Reader Comments (6)
You know what, you are more than enough. When I was drowning, and couldn't keep my head about water, and didn't know which way was up, you were one of the first to pick up the phone and say "it really is going to be ok." You listened for hours. You kept checking in. And that meant more than you will ever know.
You my lovely friend, are SOO more than enough. But I get it----and i am there too a lot lately. I have no idea how I am going to do everything that I need to do with my online life now that my real school life starts anew. Sending you hugs- and so thankful that you linked up! xo
It is so true that we need to take care of ourselves first and foremost. I can relate to how you feel about not giving enough but you are doing enough! Thanks for sharing this :)
I think it's awesome and amazing that you can stand up and own this. Own that you are perfect and enough, as you. Bravo!
Thank you for linking up with Just.Be.Enough!
You are doing ore than enough sis. Keep rocking and just take 10 mins each day just to sit and clear your mind and think about how awesome you are.
Sometimes we allow ourselves to get caught up in the "what I should do" instead of accepting "what I can do" and it get's completely overwhelming. I'm so gald to read that you are realizing that your place right this very moment
is. enough.
Thank you so much for sharing on JBE this week!!