Moms Know Best

I remember when my mom used to say, “Stop, or you will hurt yourself.”

Most of the time she was right. And most of the time I did listen to her. But as I grew older, I realized she wasn’t always going to be there to tell me to stop. I had to learn to judge situations for myself and listen to myself when I say, 

“Enough is enough.”

I had to realize that I wasn’t kidding myself. I had to accept my own advice and believe it. Most of the time, I did a fairly good job keeping myself under control, but I did push the limits a time or two and had to pay the consequences.

Many of the most important lessons I’ve learned in life have come from minor errors in judgment. I made choices on impulse and didn’t pay attention to my intuition. Rash decisions resulted in awkward situations. I wish I could say that I quickly corrected my haphazard ways of dealing with life’s events, but it has taken me years of trial and error to acquire a higher level of intellect.

So, as I reflect back to my childhood and where I have been, I understand my mom’s point of view much more clearly: “It is easier to STOP before you fall… and usually, it really is a lot less painful.”

So, if you find yourself listening to the things you want to and not the things you need to, you may get scraped up over and over and over again. But if you take the advices given to you, you probably won’t need so many bandages later on– Go and take your pick; it’s your life anyway.

Tuesday, July 31, 2012

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