For to be a woman is to have interests and duties, raying out in all directions from the central mother-core, like spokes from the hub of a wheel.
—Anne Morrow Lindbergh
It is sometimes easy to get overwhelmed by our duties, forgetting that our interests fit the scheme of our lives. They are inspired by our lives and flow from them. Our interests round us out; they beckon us to become our better selves.
Our duties have their places as well. In our careers, with our families and friends, we have responsibilities. People need to be able to count on us for our part in completing their particular scheme for life.
Finding the right balance between our duties and our interests takes daily attention. It is perhaps our greatest struggle. Feeling duty-bound is common among women; putting a low value on our interests is a familiar trick we play on ourselves.
We need reminding that our interests will cull out our better, inner selves. We must stretch to become all we are meant to be. Our interests entice us to live up to God's expectations.
Each day I need to pay heed to interests as well as duties. I will let no day go by without heeding an interest.
From Each Day a New Beginning: Daily Meditations for Women by Karen Casey © 1982, 1991 by Hazelden Foundation.
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If I drew up a to-do list of chores, it would fill an entire note pad. I remind myself that life is not a series of chores, but a smorgasboard of many choices; some fun MUST be had! I am allowed to pursue my interests, because I grow as a person by doing so.
It's easy to think the only purpose of my life is to serve others, but that isn't true. I must take care of ME along the way, or I will be of no use to anyone!
My life is not meant to be a series of chores, burdens & responsibilities. For today, I pray to put a high value on my interests. I pray to stretch myself to become all I am meant to be; to live up to God's expectations for me.
For today, I will rejoice in who I am and the woman I am becoming.
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