17/10/2025
Yesterday’s life lesson, courtesy of dog poo!… 🐾
While cleaning up AJ’s shoes, I stepped in an even bigger pile!!
I managed to clean her shoes up (and the inside of the car 🤢), but alas, my boots didn’t make it (they were years old, no tread, cracked and hadn’t been waterproof for quite some time, but they were my faves).
It got me thinking though. How often do we do this in life too? We’re so busy helping everyone else that we end up ‘knee-deep’ in mess ourselves.
I see it all the time when it comes to sleep: people running on empty, trying to keep everything (and everyone) else going. But you can’t keep showing up for others if you’re too exhausted to think straight.
Sometimes the kindest thing you can do for everyone around you is to pause, rest, and make sure you’re not stepping into a huge pile of poo yourself in the name of helping others!
It’s not selfish to put your needs first! After all, you can’t pour from an empty cup.
