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July 2010 |
 Laurie McAnaugh, M.Ed |
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I'll admit it, I'm a pretty lucky woman. I have two children who make me smile when I think about who they choose to be each day. I have a husband who has loved me unconditionally with his whole heart since I was 15 years old. The support I have from my parents and the parents of my husband literally makes me cry in gratitude when I stop to think of all 4 of them, which is constantly. My husband and I have incredible memories of times shared with family members at various events throughout each year. I have a large support group of friends whom have enriched my life in ways I could not possibly measure. I have 3 very special friends....best friends....each so different and amazing in their own special way and they do nothing short of feed my soul.
I've been told so many times, "you are so lucky." One can easily deduct from what I've written above that I am immersed in gratitude but is my life really the product of just luck? I don't believe so and there is never a day that goes by when I don't have a full understanding that I hold a big part in creating my life.
Parenting is tough work. It's constant guiding, teaching, disciplining, reminding and patience-testing all while loving unconditionally. So how did they get to be kids who actively go out of their way to make other people's day better and independently look for activities that make the world a better place to be? Is it really just luck?
Marriage is tough work. It's constant negotiating, compromising, accommodating, adapting and sharing all while loving unconditionally. So how did we get to a point where, after almost 25 years, we still can't wait to see each other at the end of the day? Is it really just luck?
Relationships are hard work. You can't build them, whether with family or friends, without acknowledging the effort that goes into how we choose to show up around each and every person in our life. If we choose to react to others in ways that constantly elicit drama and stress, our relationships, or lack of, will reflect that choice. If we choose to adapt, support, forgive and have compassion, while acknowledging the other is always doing the best they can with the tools they have in each moment, strong relationships grow. So should I assume that my relationships are a result of luck?
It may sound like I'm boasting, but let me be very clear; I am FAR from perfect. I yell at my kids just like many of you! I'm exasperated by my husband's mere breathing at times and I have plenty of traits and qualities that he'll tell you MORE than drive him crazy! I am constantly forgetting important things. I have time management and focusing skills that my best friends will tell you are comparable to most toddlers, and I allow myself to continuously thrust my tardiness on anyone unlucky enough to be awaiting my arrival. Yes, at times, I get defensive, irritated and frustrated, choosing behaviors that can only be described as ugly. I will not bore you with the rest of my faults.....I know about and own every one of them.
The point is, we are human. With that understanding, we are able to take responsibility for those qualities in ourselves that can use improvement as well as incorporate compassion for the lack of perfection in others, which is the foundation for relationships that are more deep and fulfilling than we could possibly imagine.
So, in evaluating the lives of the "lucky", we can choose to see "luck" or "creation and choice". If we focus on how lucky others are because they have great relationships or more money or whatever it is we wish we had, we end up in roles that will never make us quite as "lucky" as those we admire. Roles such as the victim, martyr and such are roles we take on as the result of certain challenges or events but it's our choice to stay in those roles or to create new ones that allow our powerful inner wisdom to shine through. We have the ability to choose new reactions or not react at all, to the choices of those around us. It's our choice (one might say responsibility) to seek out the multitude of ways to become better parents, better spouses, better children, better sisters and brothers, better friends and better members of our community. It's our choice to either see mediocrity as a life sentence we can't change or to instead seek out the greatness that is already inside each and every one of us willing to claim it.
It's our choice to be powerful.
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