This is what they spend all day doing. Abby usually wins but Chloe is definitely learning to hold her own and I think she'll be able to beat Abs one day.
Now, onto truth numero dos...
2. Something you love about yourself.
I think it's pretty funny that I'm having a harder time thinking of an answer for this than I did for the first one. But after a good bit of thinking, I think I've FINALLY come up with something.
I have this crazy ability to see things from other people's points of view. Whenever there's an argument or disagreement or situation where someone is wronged or gets in trouble or whatever...my first instinct is to try and figure out what the people involved are thinking and feeling and why they made the choices they did. If someone is being treated badly I automatically start trying to figure out how it makes them feel. I even go so far as to do that when someone says something about another person behind their back and the person being criticized is never even going to hear what was said. This drives Nate crazy because it means I can get defensive and start rationalizing things people I don't even know have done. I'm pretty sure he thinks I could defend a serial killer.
What it comes down to is that I am just REALLY empathetic to what people are going through. Not sympathetic, mind you. I actually FEEL what other people are feeling in situations and then feel the need to stand up for them or justify their actions to whoever's around (usually it's the hubby). This doesn't mean that I don't ever do things without considering the feelings of others. I am human and I do make mistakes on a daily basis (probably closer to an hourly basis).
I do feel that it really is a good quality to have. It definitely helps me when it comes to my career, which is working with children. It especially helps me when working with children who have special needs. It helps me to relate to my kids and to see their needs and wants. It helps me understand why they might be displaying certain problem behaviors, what might be frustrating them, and how to better work with them and work for them. I really feel that this is a gift with which God has blessed me in order to better equip me for working with children. It helps me to see my kids through His eyes.
Not only does it help me to see my children the way God does, but it also helps me to see everyone through His eyes. While I don't think all actions are justifiable or excusable, I know that He loves us all the same. And I know that the only way I can truly impact the lives of others is to see and treat them with that love. And I really do think that my empathetic nature makes that more possible. Not easy. And definitely doesn't make me an expert at it. But it makes it a little more possible.
What is something you love about yourself? Don't be shy!
“Our worst fear is not that we are inadequate, our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, ‘who am I to be so brilliant, gorgeous, talented and fabulous?’ Actually, who are we not to be? You are a child of God: Your playing small doesn’t serve the world. There is nothing enlightening about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you. We were born to make manifest the glory of God within us. It is not just in some of us, it is in everyone and as we let our own light shine we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.” - Marianne Williamson
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