Comments on: I’m no superwoman http://lifeandlims.com/2012/06/29/im-no-superwoman/ Wed, 15 May 2013 03:55:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: On brokefoot couch « Life and Lims http://lifeandlims.com/2012/06/29/im-no-superwoman/#comment-132 Tue, 17 Jul 2012 22:34:01 +0000 http://lifeandlims.com/?p=348#comment-132 [...] I write about here. And it has made one of my friend’s previous comments eerily prescient. I was complaining about trying to be Superwoman (or trying NOT to be), and she said that having shoulder surgery helped her to realize that the [...]

]]> By: Dessa Lim http://lifeandlims.com/2012/06/29/im-no-superwoman/#comment-105 Sun, 01 Jul 2012 21:07:59 +0000 http://lifeandlims.com/?p=348#comment-105 One super-power that most moms forget to use is the power to say “no”. For self-preservation, it is a power that super-moms should be able to whip-up at any given moment when their other super-powers are being depleted and without feeling guilty for not saving the world every second of the day.

Cathy, I say go for it. Use that power to recharge and refocus. Say “no” once in a while. You deserve it.

]]> By: Brenda Cregor http://lifeandlims.com/2012/06/29/im-no-superwoman/#comment-104 Fri, 29 Jun 2012 20:05:44 +0000 http://lifeandlims.com/?p=348#comment-104 Hey, Cathy! Could you help me….?
I am just pulling your leg.
One thing I learned while I have been recovering from shoulder surgery, which put me in complete zero-capability-mode, for a time, was that ” I only matter to those who matter.”
Certainly, I can affect change in the lives of others.
I can share talents and thoughts and energies with any number of people, organizations, and after-hour-work-ploys.
But, as I was seated for days and days in the recliner, a thought suddenly came to me, “The world is going on without me.”
Contrary to popular belief, it was an EMPOWERING moment.
I shifted completely from my own type-B version of “over-achieve-er-hood” to the absolute inclusion of the “art of doing nothing” philosophy in every aspect of my life.
Sure, I’ve made some excellent banana bread, taught gospel doctrine lessons, made connections with friends, and helped my children with their summer pursuits, but it’s because…they matter, God matters, my family matters.
And whether I do, do, do, until I am worn to a physical, emotional, psychological, or spiritual thread, or sit and contemplate and get “well” for a while, I know they will be there through it all and at the end.
You are a SUPERwoman. Super, as in, all the qualities that make you unique and incredible, in all the ways that mortals can be, NOT in the way super-human fictional comic characters are portrayed.
So, sit down, put your feet up, and just “be” for a little while. It will recharge your “energizer batteries”, and you will be ready, more than ever, to leap from event to event, shake and bake, and tend to your garden in a single bound!

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