Just be

Realizing today how most of my life is consumed with all the things that I need to do. I am always so preoccupied by if I did things the "right" way that I rarely just enjoy the moment. As I was holding my little girl today just singing the pirate song as the Backyardigans was on the tv I was watching her laughing and having so much fun. It reminded me that just being with family and enjoying this life we are blessed with is an important thing to do. It is not something that can be put on a checklist, but it is something that comes before anything that would ever go on any check list. Striving to become a better person is a good thing, striving to become perfect can be a dangerous thing. Perfection cannot be attained. Always comparing yourself to a standard that doesn't exist is not good. Just being me and loving the life God blessed me with is a good thing.