The Highs And Lows Of Mothering

Being a mother is one of the greatest challenges you'll have in life

. It takes so much of your time and patience - clearing up the cluttering, getting healthy food for your child, and then trying to somehow to convince your child to eat it. You have to go through crying, minor squabbles, and full-on tantrums.

The sheer effort required of you may make you feel inadequate, and you might begin to doubt yourself. Why is this so hard? You may ask. Why does it seem to take so much work, when other women make it look so easy? What am I doing wrong? These questions may plague you, and then you wish you had some way to step back, take a breath, and change something. And there is something you can change so that you can make life easier for yourself. It will take a little more time and even more effort, but in the long run it will be worth it.

You can begin by believing in yourself, that you have what it takes to become a good parent. This belief springs not from the development of your intellect or your "book smarts," but from a deeper, more emotional level. Every woman sarts out with qualities that make good mothers, it's just that some women may have developed some qualities more than others.

All women have tenderness, patience, generosity, sympathy, self-assurance, peacefulness, eagerness, and discipline. All of this just has to be encouraged to flow out from within. Don't focus on your flaws, instead, celebrate your strengths, no matter how insignificant some o hem may seem to you.

Some women may look down on you for becoming a mother. For these women, becoming a mother limits you, it keeps you from fulfilling your goals in life. But they don't understand that motherhood is one of he greatest achievements for a woman, that it can push you to become something greater, that it can be the pinnacle of your life.

This is the time for you to bring out and nurture those qualities you weren't aware you have. Connecting with your child, even just the attempts to connect with your child, awakens so many levels to your being. You will find yourself closer to your spouse as you see him from perspectives previously absent. You will see and feel a relation to other women, biological mothers and mothers-in-fact.

by: Andrea Dilea

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