THE STORY YOU TELL BECOMES THE LIFE YOU LIVE
I’m realizing something about myself right now, and I’m sharing it because a lot of us do this without knowing.
Since my wife’s in dental school, I’ve stepped up to take on more of the day-to-day — the kids’ routines, the meals, the laundry, the yard, the cleaning.
I keep telling everyone how hard it is, how stressful, how I never have time for my hobbies.
It’s like I’m looking for sympathy that I don’t truly need. But every time I say it, I reinforce the story, and the story becomes my reality.
And underneath it all, I’m constantly in fear — am I helping her enough?
Am I letting her study, or keeping the kids away from her, bothering her, distracting her?
Am I doing enough?
In the past I didn’t do enough, and it made school harder for her.
That’s part of my struggle.
But I don’t have to fear it.
I can fix that, do a better job, without letting it stress me out.
I’m realizing I don’t have to be in this.
I can’t change that it’s tough, but it doesn’t have to be this tough.
The mind state I’m in — thinking it’s tough — is what’s making it tough.
I can do this and still be happy.
I just have to change how I perceive it, talk about it, and think about it.
So here’s my question: what are you saying about yourself that you could change today?
The words you keep repeating become the life you keep living.
Choose a different one.
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