Wondering about my Wanderings

values

Prompt: What is a lesson in life that took you way too long to figure out?
I sit here in a form of agony. It is like a broken record. I can not please everyone even if I want to please everyone. I learned this lesson while I was a chaplain and am faced with this again as I get ready to go back East.

I look at the prompt and consider that I am a work in progress. It is one thing to know the problem and another to put the principle into practice. I know at the same time I do not want to become public enemy number one. I took care of a client some time ago who was not afraid to tell people exactly what she wanted. She swore like a sailor and expected everyone to take notice. I was her caregiver and at times it made my hair curl. People knew what to expect. Some people knew enough to stay clear and others thought she was a riot.

In this week alone I will work well over fifty hours, take care of a friend's dog, finish grammar school and when I can keep in shape, so that I can do all of the above. I have one son who is home alone and I would love to visit him and a wife who feels neglected and unloved because when I am home I am too exhausted to do anything. I sit her and pray in God's time I will see fruition of my kindly pursuits. Until then I write about them.