Just something real quick. Bethany is so incredible with Selah, and the stuff that she says to our little girl are just so simple yet profound. It truly is amazing. Selah was on the ground and Beth picked her up into her lap and she made a whining sound like she wasn't happy about the current situation. So Bethany tried to help her out. I think she put Selah down and a couple moments later I heard the same noise coming out of Selah. So Bethany tried to help her out again. This continued on for a while as Beth moved from what she was doing, heading towards the doorway to go outside with her. That's one thing we've learned, see, as the thing that ultimately makes Selah feel better, the age olde solution of going outside and getting some fresh air and working or playing in the yard--it really doesn't matter which.
Anyway, all throughout this time, Bethany kept telling her that if she wanted something, that whining wasn't how she would get it; it would take asking.
I was like, Wow. How often do I NOT ask for things but instead waste so much of my time talking about what's not right and what hasn't happened yet? Does this necessarily have to be dialogue with another person? On the contrary, I have a lot of these conversations with myself that are equally if not more hazardous. Isn't that amazing?
So, another lesson learned; and by something as simple as having a child of my own. Just because something that I want hasn't happened yet, maybe I shouldn't wonder what I'M doing wrong, spending precious seconds contemplating what I need to do better and what I need to drop and what I need to say good-bye to, and what getting up at 4 a.m. tomorrow might do to fix it, and I better get my laundry done today because I definitely can't think about changing what I need to change with a hamper full of dirty clothes, and I haven't drunk my proper intake of water today to make sure that I'm hydrated, blah! Just blah. It's all fluff.
Do I want something? I just need to ask.
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