Last week, I talked about loving each other well, since none of us really knows how long we will have to love. So this week, I thought I'd talk a little about how we value ourselves. Do we take a moment to say, "Well done, Me!," when a task is finished well...or do we linger over the mistakes that made the task take longer than we think it should?
When I finished the colorwork portion of the body of this sweater, I took pictures so I could step back and land the appropriate "Well done, Me!" before moving onto the monotonous, monotone of the main color. I did not seek out that place where I messed up the pattern, and had to rip back to fix it, so now that place is a bit more stretched and uneven. All knitters know that those stitches will even out in the blocking, so why kick myself now? I'm past that place, so I moved on...and I did that well.
"Well done, Me!," I said when I reached the length to start the hem ribbing, and I tried it on to be sure...
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"Well done, Me, indeed!," I said, even though this pose in the powder room mirror is a little flashy and shows off my flabby arms. 🤪 It's going to fit well, and I'm going to love wearing it, so...Well done, Me!
I hope my grandson had a good "Well done, Me!" moment after his basketball game today too! Even though his team did not have the winning score, they all play better each week, and he is quite the little athlete!
In this world, we will all have critics, and those fools* will quickly let us know how we don't measure up, because not one of us is perfect. Rather than focusing on those messages, let's be kind to ourselves by focusing on what we've done right. Let's focus on who we are striving to be and live as though that is already who we are!
Remember that you were created in the image of God. He created you and me, and He has prepared us for good works, even though he knows that all of us will make mistakes. Some of us will make bigger mistakes than others, but He continues to love us. Celebrate that as you strive to be the best you that you can be, and don't forget to pat yourself on the back just a bit when you're on track. What's something that you can celebrate about you this week?
Well done, You!
Thanks for stopping by, and Knit in Good Health!
*Autocorrect changed whatever word I had used here to "fools," and I left it. Critcs can be fools...
