Funny what you can learn about yourself and your life patterns just by cutting the grass. . .
Early this hot July morning, I prepared to push-mow my grass. In getting dressed, I picked a pair of low cut, terribly uncomfortable socks out of my drawer (leaving the comfy ones behind), thinking I didn’t care if I got them all dirty.
Not too long into my venture, I noticed a burning pain in my heels. The darn socks had slipped down into my shoes, and I was quickly creating a blister. Did I stop? No! I kept pushing forward. “I am NOT stopping till I get this finished!” became my battle cry.
The pain kept increasing, and I kept pushing forward. The inner voice kept nagging, “What would it hurt you to stop just a moment to pull up those socks? You have an electric start mower. It is no big deal to restart the mower.” “Fine!” I finally relented as I stopped the mower.
It wasn’t 10 seconds later, and those darn socks slipped back down again. The pain intensified. The inner voice persevered, “You know, why don’t you just go change your socks? It wouldn’t hurt you to get a drink of water either while you are at it. It is hot out here.”
Does any of this sound familiar? Do any of you push and push and push yourself, even though you are dog tired?
Do you ever put up with lesser quality things, when you know you deserve better? Why not just throw away those stupid socks?
Why not bring out the fine china? What purpose does the china serve sitting all dainty in the cabinet? Don’t you deserve the fine china? What good will that china have served when you are 95 years old and you never got to use it?
Women in particular push and push and push – pushing beyond fatigue. They try to do it all – be a wife, mother, children’s taxi service, full blown career woman, and on and on. Women make sure that everyone else is comfortable, and they tend to take what’s left for themselves.
What can you do today to pamper yourself? It doesn’t have to be grandiose – just a comfortable pair of socks will do.
