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Entry 5

Just do the possible. That is my goal for the day. Whatever is doable, I can do, right?

How many times have I condemned myself because I felt I could not do everything perfectly? My normal reaction is if you can't do everything do nothing at all. Or worse, do just the opposite.

Sometimes this mode of operation is reinforced by attitudes and comments of those around us. I am becoming more and more aware of how powerful the words we let out of our mouths can be. There is that old saying that, "Talk is cheap." If this is true then why does it cost us so darn much when we allow ourselves to be affected by it. And who, in reality, is not affected by it when we care to be honest.

I don't have a lot of time this morning because today is "Mom's Day." My mother and I have lunch every Friday and then do a little shopping until time for me to go to work. Of course, I can't have Mom seeing my house a mess and since I am definately NOT the domestic goddess, I have to run around stuffing things in drawers and running the vaccuum and making sure she can't write her name in dust anywhere. Suzy Homemaker would be appalled.

I will have to consider how cheap talk is or is not on a deeper level later. Until then, Dear God, help me to keep my big mouth shut unless I can actually bring something possitive and uplifting to the conversation.

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  • Danna Hobart
    January 31
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    I don't even want to let my mother in my house anymore. She will always find some fault somewhere. Good luck.

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