He yelled the wrong thing to this mom at the gym...

​St. Edith Stein said, “emotions occupy the center of a woman’s soul.” 
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"Women are set apart and endowed with unique graces that," as Venerable Fulton Sheen once said, "determine the level of our society."

We must not neglect ourselves when we nurture others!

Often, too often, in fact, we knowingly neglect ourselves. We pour out, pour out, pour out…until we’re out.

This service, which women are particularly great at, is met with some resistance however.
In my many years of coaching mommas it’s clear to see that they get trapped on the wheel of service, but it is not with joy.

The sparks of resentment, exhaustion, and depletion constantly threaten to flare into an uncontrolled fire within them.

They speak of the outlets they let others enjoy, the cost absorbed so others may be active and engaged, but they themselves are battening on spoil. 

One of the greatest servants, St. Mother Theresa, stated that the busier she and her sisters are in their care for the poor, the more they pray. 

When more people need them, how dare they take more time for themselves! Was that your thought?
Rolling along here with me, I can hear you thinking that it is laying down our lives for others that is heroic. YES! In hating one’s life you’ll find it, while loving one’s life causes the loss of it. YES.

I am not here to twist Scripture. Even Jesus would go and take time up, out and away before entering more deeply into his preaching, ministry and ultimately death.

Mom’s need a slot, a piece of the pie. They likely need it worse than anyone else preciously because they are literally the servants of all.

If they DO NOT STOP off to drink deeply at the fonts of prayer, bodily movement and of optimized nutrition then they miss the mark…and they know it.

I was just speaking with a mother of 8 who regularly attended a gym to take in a series of classes and as the one class ended the male trainer yelled across the the gym asking her in a hyped voice, “who’d you do this for?” 

She responded, “I did it for my 8 kids!” He roared back, “No, you did it for you!”
To understand how right she was…and how wrong he was. 

The world will not sift this the same way, but you know that taking care of yourself ultimately makes you better available to take care of others.

Your center then, your emotions in the soul, will clearly and brilliantly speak truth. 
Give yourself time for formation so you can gift yourself to others…fully and vulnerably.

Dedicatedly,
Rebecca Dussault

P.S. I form women in how to find this balance of efforts. There is a balance and you MUST find it to thrive. Hop on a call with me at www.fitcatholicmom.com/talk to see what needs done to help tweak your lifestyle into greatness that glorifies Him.
 
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