"We women have a lot to learn about simplifying our lives. We have to decide what is important and then move along at a pace that is comfortable for us. We have to develop the maturity to stop trying to prove something. We have to learn to be content with what we are."
-Marjorie Pay Hinckley
It's so easy to get down on ourselves, to judge ourselves and forget about our worth. I have been struggling with that lately. Thinking everyone is better at things than I am. "She's a better mother, a better photographer, a better housekeeper, a kinder person." The thoughts don't really stop. Always comparing. Always putting myself down. OK, not always but often. I think that's what women do.
So I came to the realization that yes people are better at things than me, but who cares. Maybe I am not the best but I do have worth. I have realized that I am a good person, I am trying and I am good at living my life. I am still trying to grasp the importance of being a daughter of God.
I once read where President Hinckley said, "We are are children of God. Do we really understand what that means?"
Ah yes. You are brilliant for this post. It's so true that we often do that to ourselves and forget our GREAT worth. Thank you for this post. I will have to remember this when I get down on myself.
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