You know the old saying, “No success can compensate for failure in the home?” That admonition has given me pause on many, many occasions, and kept me going back time and again to embracing my role as a wife and mother and community leader over and over again.
Taken one way, it can kind of sound like, don’t blow it!
On the other hand, one thing this inspired thought says to me is, there isn’t anything else that will bring you as much joy as finding success in your relationships at home!
There are satisfying rewards in many endeavors. Creative opportunities and money-making ventures can be exciting, and sometimes necessary, but finding success in those activities doesn’t touch the happiness and peace of having solid relationships with those we love.
And having solid relationships takes time. A lot of time. And not a small amount of sacrifice and constant efforts to maintain our focus on what matters most to us.
So I guess the bottom line is, don’t take your eyes off the prize!
I hope today you can take a moment to exult in the opportunity you have to build a family, something of such enduring, inspiring and joyful value that it is worth our greatest efforts.
What a blessed opportunity.
May God bless your efforts today!
Jacque
