I can honestly say that before today I had never received a text message which says, "You rock!" The text message in question was from another mum
with whom I am trying to arrange the details of a play date. My first reaction was
to recoil in horror and think of all the reasons why my arranging the play date
did not constitute my rocking – my initial suggestion for an activity had been
turned down, after all. But then, I thought, what the heck, maybe the fact that
I was able to roll with the punches and leave it up to the boys to decide was a
pretty rocking attitude after all.
Two thoughts: first, we are too quick to see the negative about
ourselves, or perhaps its perceived politeness that makes us reticent about
acknowledging our own contribution, even over something as trivial as this.
And, second, receiving that text message made me smile. Two little words were
enough to brighten my day. It just shows how easy it is to support one another
and give each other a little boost. So, from now, I’m going to make sure I tell
people just how much they rock too.
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