Children Deserve Our Excellence

Children deserve our excellence. In my journey of motherhood, I am often inspired by mothers who tell me “I wish I knew this…” or “I wish I did this…”, implying that with knowledge and experience, they recognized a more efficient or fruitful means by which to do something. These are the mothers who truly inspire me. Why? They are constantly evaluating themselves, a form of discipline that is so critical to character development. I hope to be that mother; one that makes mistakes, learns from them, and passes it on to the next mama in need of encouragement or answers. What often triggers me the wrong way are statements such as “It’s not ideal but this is how we do it…” or “That’s just the way it has to be…”. This, to me, implies that there is something else taking first place over the child. Maybe, for a time, there are no options or alternative means by which to operate.

Maybe you are a mama in survival mode. For you, I see you and I understand. You brought children in to this world, whether prepared for it or not, and you are doing your absolute best to just tread water. Regardless of how you feel right now, you are a true hustler. You recognize your weaknesses, and you are doing everything you can to arrive to a place where you feel like both you and your child(ren) are living the life you always envisioned. That is excellence. You are doing your best with what you have.

Excellence is not perfection. One thing my husband always reinforces to me is “excellence in all that we do”. At first glance, it sounds like lofty expectations, but really it’s not. Excellence is doing the best with what you are given and striving to always make improvements to how you do something. It is a dynamic, active process. What comes with excellence is self-evaluation, boundaries, self-control, and an extensive amount of energy. Honestly, I was prompted by this thought as I was vacuuming the crumbs out from under the couch. Vacuuming the cushions and crevasses of a couch is probably the least rewarding job ever. No one notices it, yet it takes time. It’s the last thing you want to do when you were up four times in the night with your six month old. You could probably insert your least rewarding household task here and…

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