I spent most of my life "at home." It was a choice I made consciously and adamantly and I am not in the least bit sorry for that, but now I wonder if I might have also done a bit more along with that.
Not just a job. I had a great job once my children started school. Teaching preschool is something I enjoyed immensely and was well rewarded for in so many ways. I just look at the people who seem the happiest and they are those who are the most secure and independent.
It seems that the broader the base, the more likely people are to be satisfied. Today my base is much broader than it has been for my entire life.
I have several different irons in the fire that bring me satisfaction and it is that satisfaction coming from more than one, or even two, places that makes me feel I really deserve it. I no longer am just a good teacher, or just a good mom, which sounds funny because those are no small things, but I am also good at some other things and I see that in many small ways.
Of course that is true no matter what we do in life, but when those sources come from outside the inner circle, somehow they feel more validating to me.
I guess variety really is the spice of life.
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