A Calming Thought

I opened an email from a friend this morning and it had a short story in it that really hit me. It was about a Mom who always felt invisible - like she was just a pair of hands to fix, tie, and help. I don't know about anyone else, but I feel that way a lot . . . although I also feel like a repetitive drill sergeant and encyclopedia too . . .

Anyway, the Mom was given a book by a friend about cathedrals and in reading it, she found 4 life changing truths that I thought were pretty awesome and worthy of sharing:

1. No one can say who built the cathedrals - we have no record of their names.
2. These builders gave their whole lives for a work they would never see finished.
3. They made great sacrifices and expected no credit.
4. The passion of their building was fueled by their faith that the eyes of God saw everything. [insert karma or other higher power or belief system]

I thought those were pretty awesome and something that a Mom can relate to . . .it is easy at times to get consumed in the day to day crap and forget that as a mother you are molding a human being . . . in my own way, I feel like the good people that I am shaping will in some small way make up for some of the negative karma that I put in the universe in a younger day . . .

And, when I think of it in the context that I am laying a foundation for a whole other life, it makes me feel not so crazy when Marlie asks "Can we put the window down?" and I have to actually take 1 full minute to think whether my answer should be "No, because we're on the highway" or "No because it's cold outside" because we sometimes put the windows down when it's chilly, but we never put the windows down when we're on the highway and I don't want her to associate my response with the incorrect action . . . I know I am crazy - I have a degree in Philosophy for a reason . . . but if nothing else, my children will have love and the ability to apply logic and reason - the perfect foundation . . . .