Find your people.

So I'm on to reading another book that was recommended to me for my anxiety; "Don't Sweat the Small Stuff for Moms." It has such great practical tips for letting things go to reduce stress. I highly recommend it to anyone wanting to put things into perspective and to reduce stress.

So in reading a portion of the book it led me to the idea of fitting in. I think as women we are always questioning where we fit in life. It's like we are trying to fit into a certain mold whether it's married or single; stay at home mom, working mom, or work from home mom; those who go to church, those who don't attend church; those who homeschool, send kids to public school, or send kids to private school...the list can literally go on and on.

I know for me it's overwhelming to have so many roles in life: Christian, wife, mom, stay-at-home mom, work-from-home mom, Sunday School teacher, school volunteer; and that doesn't even include being a daughter, granddaughter, niece, aunt and any other role I may have forgotten! Wow, I got overwhelmed just making that list!

I find myself defining ME by MY ROLES and that's not the case. Those are just different hats I wear throughout my life but it isn't WHO I am. I hope this makes sense. I am compassionate, determined, successful (by my own standards, not necessarily defined by someone else-but that's another blog post entirely), and caring to name a few. It's so important to realize that we are unique women and all have special qualities in order to succeed in the many roles we have!

Ok, back to fitting in...If we put ourselves in a box labeled by a role we are never going to fit in. In my experience I've found myself moving from group to group of friends to find out where I fit based on those roles! Stupid I know! Here's what I've discovered: doing that only makes one compare ourselves to one-another constantly which is completely defeating, it's overwhelming and tiresome, and frankly it's not fun! I can be friends with my working mom friends, my SAHM friends, my WAHM friends, my church-going friends, and my non-church-going friends.

Be content with WHO YOU ARE and the blessings of all the wonderful people God has brought into your life! We are all women trying to make it in life by balancing different roles and being the best ME we can! Not the best HER, or HIM, or THEM OVER THERE...the best I CAN BE!

God Bless-D