Family Life Complexities

It is easy to "say" that family matters most, but life is complicated. I had too many things to do that could not get done on one day. After the labor was done it is followed, after dinner, with paperwork that also cannot be postponed or avoided. Life seems to be like that. As it turns out, however, the big challenge is how we think (as a person thinks so is he) about those pressures. THe more I believe the pressures are destroying my familoy experiences the more they do so. Not that ignoring the impact means there won't be any, but the additional pressure that our concern puts on us is not helpful either to getting tasks done or engaging our families. One way to chip away at that pressure is to take a break from the work to engage family members, however briefly. That joy and warmth will decrease pressure and increase family contact and enjoyment. We accomplish two things at once. Try it the next time you are pressured by tasks and are missing out on great family enrichment.