Mom’s words of wisdom
I often wondered why sometimes today seems no different than yesterday. I try to think positive, yet I seem to be right back to where I was yesterday ~ but why? Surprisingly my answer came from two different places yet from the same person, my mom, Miss Billie.
My mom was 92 and in the early stages of dementia ~ I was 60 and fretting over her happiness. Why I’m not sure because mom never seemed sad, she was always smiling. That got me to wondering… if mom could be happy, positive, content, why couldn’t I? One day I asked mom why she always seemed so happy, and she shared a few things with me and the more I thought about them, the more I worked on incorporating them into my life.
Mom pointed to a small plaque I had given her many years ago that read...
Lessons from the Ocean
Let your cares drift away
Take time to coast
Sea life's beauty
Adapt to the changing tides
Harbor strength and persevere
Be shore of yourself
At first, they seem to be ‘just’ words, yet if you start putting some thought into those words and applying them to life ~ well they can take on a whole new meaning 😊
She also shared two more ‘words of wisdom’ with me:
· If you can’t change it ~ let it go. Worrying over things you can’t change does you no good.
Easier said than done. This one stayed in my subconscious mind and before I knew it, it was weeding its way into my thought process, kind of like a pick your battles type of thought ~ is it worth the argument – no – then let it go.
Why do we haul yesterday’s baggage into a new day ~ today. She asked me… if you carry yesterdays baggage into today, you’re just reliving yesterday. Then she processed to tell be that at this stage in life she has already lived through yesterday and forgot, today is a new day ~ every day is a new day 😊
Makes sense. So, I started paying attention to what I was bringing into each new day. It is amazing how I seem to wake up and pick up where I left off when I went to sleep ~ interesting yet sad. Which in some way bring me back the mom’s first to tidbits of advice… Lesson from the ocean and let it go.
I have mom's plaque in my bathroom so each day as I wake up, wash my face, brush my teeth I can read ~ Lessons from the Ocean. It makes me think of mom, her simple outlook on life and smile. I start each day with mom's thought process because the more I thought about it, the more I liked the idea... Leave yesterday's baggage in yesterday don't bring it into today. I mean what's wrong with each day being a new day ~ nothing! 😊
Peace & Love