I Am Grateful For The Chaos Of Motherhood
I sigh a lot every day without necessarily having anything bad happen. Surely the same thing happens to you many times. I would like to tell you that it is because I am practicing deep mindful reflection and breathing, but most of the time it is rather because exhaustion takes over my being in this chaos of motherhood.
Children, partner, work, home, family, pets and a thousand other responsibilities that require your attention. Sometimes it is a lot to bear alone. You feel chaos, disorder and a lot of exhaustion. If you are a mother, you will understand what we mean when we talk about the chaos of motherhood.
The chaos of motherhood
If you look closely, if you put aside that exhaustion that overwhelms you, you will be able to realize that there is a lot of beauty in that chaos. If you stop and think about what that means, you will be out of breath, since it is much bigger than your day to day.
You will find that you will be grateful to have a basket full of small pants, t-shirts stained with chocolate or grass and dirt. This means that your children are healthy and love to play and get dirty.
You will also feel grateful to see the kitchen full of dishes to wash because it means that you have food to eat. In the same way, even if you sometimes feel like it gets on your nerves, you will also feel grateful for the endless questions of “Why?” . This means that your children have a passion for the world.
On the other hand, you can also be grateful for doctor appointments, because it means that you have health care. You may also feel grateful for the cleanliness of your home because that means you have a house to live in with your family.
A long list of thanks
In addition to the above, it is more than likely that you now feel that that thank you list is much longer. Why can you feel grateful in the chaos of motherhood? We give you some examples.
- When your children show you things because they want you to participate in their lives always.
- You can feel grateful that your children want to be by your side all the time.
- Appreciation when neither your children nor your husband realize if you style your hair differently because they see you beautiful anyway.
- Because of the stress of work, because that means that you have a job that gives you money and that helps you support your family. Besides because you like it.
- You are grateful for the clothes you have and the ones you can buy for your children.
- You feel happy when you see the disorder in your home because that means that in your house there is life and movement.
- You feel good when you realize that you have hours in the day to get to everything because that means you have a full life.
You are also grateful for …
- Feeling nostalgic when thinking about your friends that you want to see soon, because that means that you have friends who you love and those who love you.
- You can feel grateful that your children respond to you, because that means that they have enough personality and confidence to feel safe to defend you, even if it is from you, but always with respect and empathy.
- You feel eternally grateful when your children need and seek your hugs and kisses because they need to feel better at a certain moment and only your closeness helps them feel safe, both physically and emotionally.
- You feel happiness when you miss your partner when you are working because that means that you have a partner who loves you and also thinks of you and misses you.
- It feels good when your parents call you three times a weekend to remind you to get a flu shot because it means you have parents who still want to take care of you.
The key to happiness thanks to the chaos of motherhood
As you can see, the list of gratitude can be endless and the secret is to see the beauty of chaos, to realize that in the details and in the little things of that chaos that is motherhood you will find your happiness and that of your family. When you realize that, you will have found the key to the most absolute happiness in your life.
Tantrums, disorder and chaos, in general, will not be a problem in your life again, because you will realize that this is the reality you want to live. You don’t want time to pass because you have realized how important family life is to you.
