I'm Listening.

As far as being stressed out to the max---this last week has taught me to take one day at a time. My mother use to tell me, "Don't fret my love, take one day at a time." Okay Mom-sure-I was a teen-ager who thought I knew it all... I heard her, but didn't LISTEN. Now, I as a mother I'm looking back and wishing I listened. I am now though Mom. Take one day at a time, work on what you can-if you can't, do not stress out. God has a plan for you, and I'm a firm believer of that. It's funny-as I raise my daughter, I see more of my mother in me. I look back and say, "Oh my gosh, that is what my mom told me." When I thought she was oh-so-wrong.... she was right. She wasn't informing me not to do things to humor me, it was for my own good. Now, I try to instill a sense of my mothers words in my child; and I get the same " I hear you, but I'm not listening." - So I tell my daughter to repeat my words back to me... and tell me what they mean to her. Something that I've learned I need to do so she'll not just hear me, but listen. I know, this is a major part of 'growing up', and yet I wonder how many other individuals have hit this point; or do they need to be married or have child to realize these things...