Wisdom of Pooh

I'm learning that as a mom, a worker, a friend, a woman, heck, just a person, that feeling like life is generally going smoothly and calmly is one that comes and goes. This means that you rarely feel like things are completely insane and chaotic, and you rarely feel like things are amazingly perfect and under control; you mostly just feel somewhere in the middle, coming or going. I've also learned that because of that, you have to learn how to be content with the middle as well as how to deal with the extremes.

But that's not always easy to do and this morning I was having a rough time. Feeling overwhelmed about work, feeling guilty about motherhood, feeling generally uncertain about my ability to do it all and be enough for everyone, including myself. Then, as he normally does these days, Elliott brought me one of his books to read to him. It was Pooh's Grand Adventure, and about 3 pages in I read this line,

"You must remember this: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think"

And whoa. I needed that. Because the thing is, I know that I'm all those things, I've worked really hard to be, but sometimes, I forget. And this little quote reminds me that as brave, strong and smart as I've been in my life, there's still more in there. It'll come out when it needs to just like it always has. I hope you, whoever you are, know that's true for you, too.

You're braver than you believe.

You're stronger than you seem.

You're smarter than you think.


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