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Feeling Frustrated
Hearing Cyndi Lauper's angelic voice in my head... and the dishwasher... reality
Time after Time
I am frustrated... torn... tired...
Slaying dragons is hard work...
Even when they exist only in your mind...
I revisit this time after time after time after time...
I cannot please everyone.
If I push myself to please the kids...
...then, I am tired later, and my husband is not pleased.
If I try to reserve myself for later in the day or evening...
...then, the kids are not pleased.
If I push myself to do housework...
...then, I am tired; neither are pleased.
If I don't push and my mom pushes herself too much...
...then, my dad is not pleased.
If I do too much myself, and I am hurting...
...then, my mom is really not pleased.
What about me? What about what I want? What pleases me?
If I can't make everyone happy...
...then, I am really not pleased.
<sigh>
The only beings that I know I can please EVEN if I am laying in bed a sore, fatigued, sorry mess, are Pumpkin, the black cat, and Libby, the dog.
<sigh>
be well,
Dawn
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Aw, Dawn, I sure can relate to slaying the dragons in my mind but really the only dragon I'm slaying right now is the mental one that nicotine deprival has created. I should be thanking my lucky stars that I'm not fighting chronic pain and other illnesses. Your family is still young and have so many needs and demands. Hang in there...Big hugs, Chris
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Every day should be Dawn Day! Probably the hardest thing I had to do was to stop feeling GUILTY, Dawn, when I couldn't meet others expectations (and my own) of me. I think we tend to except other shortcomings easier then we do our own. Let yourself off the hook. Your family loves you no matter what and they can handle being disappointed sometimes. I can bet that what you lack in some areas, you make up in others, many times over.
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I am here for dawns day!!!
dawn as for the pleasing people...that was me all the way now I know I can please some of the people all of the time and all of the people some of the time so I focus on me...lol -
Just take care of yourself!! Linda
7/28/07 12:55 AM
we all love you so much! love,nat