Why "I am just" is never enough...

You are more than "just"

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You hear it all the time, I'm just a stay-at-home mom or I'm just an intern. It is not okay to believe you are "just" anything; as if you are somehow less than you could be or should be. You are more than "just" you are more than a simple definition of good enough. Think of it this way. What happens if you stop being your "just"? If you stop being "just" a housewife? What will happen to your household? I will tell you; it will be filthy. The dishes would not be washed, the clothes would stink worse than the garbage that you aren't taking out.



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If you stopped being "just" a mom what would happen? Would your kids be safe? Would they be healthy and well fed? Would they thrive with good morals and a healthy emotional life? I don't think so. To say that you are "just"  anything is belittling the contribution that you make to society on a daily basis. You may not realize it (or find it hard to accept) that changing the world does not start with a major production, a grandiose title or a well-recognized social life. 

It starts, with the simple mundane tasks of everyday life. Your posts of inspiration may reach only one person but you may save their life.  That smile you give the post office clerk maybe the only one they get after a long day.  And your encouraging kisses, what would your children do without you to arm them for the day with a soft kiss.

No, my dear, you are never "just" anything. You are the left shoe of your family, the door stop of your community, the zipper of your universe. None of these things seem important until they are no longer there. You are never "just" anything unless of course you are "just" awesome and I can live with that.

Jana