The author of "The Chage Your Life Challenge" was on our show the other day and she encouraged women to give up the cape. I love that! She devoted an entire chapter to this analogy. She says she realized one day, while trying to run errands, take care of a sick child and finish a major advertising campaign for work that her life was out of control. Shortly after that day, she worked on giving up her Superwoman cape and tried to find what was most important to her. She knew there wasn't time for everything and traded the cape in for wings with the slogan of "Make Today Matter". Now she focuses on 3 things each day that will make her day matter. For example, returning a call from a friend, taking 20 minutes for a nap or reading a few pages from a positive daily devotional. After the author chatted with us on the couch, I tried to practice her tip. The following day, I decided to enjoy the lunch I packed for myself while listening to music (rather than opening mail and worrying about bills). I also returned an email to a friend and took time to fill her in on my life, since I hadn't talked with her in awhile. Lastly, I played Dora Dominoes with my 4-year old daughter -- for about 10 minutes before dinner.
Let's all try to shed the cape, find more realistic expectations from oursleves and the people around us we love and then fight to enjoy each day as much as we can -- find those moments. If we insist on trying to do it all, we'll end up feeling the way Brook Noel describes -- "I find it interesting that the very cape I tried to use to fly became so heavy it kept me on the ground."
