Starting Over
Starting a new year
And I'm already behind
I must try harder
My patience too thin
My temper fires too quickly
Give the boys a break
Wish I could start the
New Year all over again
Do better than this
Today is new too
And I'll do better this time
It's never too late
Words To Live By
Be grateful for each new day.
A new day that you have never lived before.
Twenty-four new, fresh, unexplored hours to use usefully and profitably.
We can squander, neglect, or use them.
Life will be richer or poorer by the way we use today.
Finish every day and be done with it.
You have done what you could;
some blunders and absurdities crept in;
forget them as soon as you can.
Tomorrow is a new day.
You shall begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be
encumbered with your old nonsense.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
27 comments:
it's never too late! i keep telling myself that, too! each day is a new beginning...and i suck!
love the haiku and i can sooooooo relate!
Oh my, did I write this one?
I lost my temper a few minutes ago. Then I snapped myself out of it, apologized, and promised both of us that if he tried, I'd try... lol Vague enough? Ya know, we're human. Human is as human does.
HAPPY HAIKU FRIDAY & Happy New Year, too!
Oh, Kathryn...you're having one of those days. I know them well. Think of today as a fresh beginning! :)
Heidi
Beautiful.
And it really is never too late. I think maternal impatience - so long as it doesn't cross a certain line, of course - serves an important purpose, really. Don't be too hard on yourself.
(and yeah, I'm 35...)
Like you said, every day is a new day. Don't worry too much about being short with the boys; they forgive you. And LOVE you. Remember to breathe!
Those are great thoughts to remember.
You are so right...it is never too late!
Happy new year!
That's why I don't do resolutions. Every day is time enough to try to be a better person.
I hear that!
Yep, I could have written this as well. We are always seeking more patience on this end!
I just look at each day as a new one and forget about being good for a WHOLE YEAR!
wonderful. It surely is never too late!
Did you use the phrase "what the crack??" That was great... and I'm still laughing. ;) And I SO heart the song you have first. sigh. He's so dreamy. ha ha ha.
Oh, K. You are so good and optimistic!! The trying is the best part.
hey...just to let you know, the blog that you read...it's a novel that i'm writing...that wasn't my bloggy blog...
http://www.suchsimplepleasures.com
I could have written that haiku! Thankfully, it's never too late.
thank you!
Brilliant!
Hi, Kathryn,
Hmm . . . Little boys, active, close together in age . . . That might explain the temptation to be a bit impatient at times. And . . . The boys need to learn that they need to be good to Mommy. It's not supposed to just be YOU always being patient.
Thank you for stopping by my blog. I'm glad I read your Haiku. I agree with the ladies who have said to just start each day anew. :)
My guys are really close together, too. And there are days....oooh boy...
But hang in there!
Thanks for stopping by!
I am a very impatient mama. And did I read correctly that you have three kiddos under age 5? I'd lose my patience, too!
Hang in there! I work on the patience thing daily.
Happy New Year and thanks for stopping by my blog. :)
never to late.
indeed
good luck on your fresh start.
baby steps... always take baby steps!
oh, and wine helps too. ;-)
None of us are patient enough with our kids. Join a very big club, my friend.
Emily
What wonderful, bittersweet, haiku. I can understand, as I imagine, we all can. Don't let your guilt overshadow the good times.
Just wanted to say hello! I read the post below about all your family has been through and it's so great to see how God has provided for you all.
I love this.
Thank you, all my fellow bloggers. You certainly do know how to make a gal feel better. It is so nice to know I am not alone.
Thanks!
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