I’ll look for times when relinquishing control left room for healthy and growth-filled moments

What this means

There’s an issue I often struggle with that blankets itself over my mothering and spreads itself through many other areas of my life as well: My need for control and my desire to know what will happen next. I find this hinders my acceptance of my children and my acceptance of life in general, as I constantly want to control the variables to soothe my own worries.

To combat this need for control, I try to seek out the times that my lack of it has brought about a beautiful or interesting conclusion. I’ll look for times when relinquishing control left room for healthy and growth-filled moments.

To Do

Find an area of your life or parenting in which you feel particularly uptight. Take a picture of the child or situation that highlights your need for control, or take a purposefully blurred image to remind you of this idea, and write about what you see when you manage to let go.