Stop What You Are Doing

Stop What You Are Doing

When I was ten or eleven, I wanted to become a veterinarian and retire to a small horse ranch. But life and the people we share it with change us and they change our dreams into shared dreams. Sometimes for the better; sometimes for the worse. We can't always say this is what I'm going to do, and this is where I will be, without damaging or improving the relationships we are creating.

I never became a veterinarian. I don't even own a picture of a horse, and I'm not disappointed. Because along the way I have been a friend, spouse, father, ball coach, business owner, manager, employee, etc. I have had many roles and found it difficult to balance each of those with the other to make a complete "me." It's difficult to let love, happiness, and empathy spill from one role to the next, but it's easy to let anger, frustration, and resentment from one spill over into the other. (Negatives always outweigh positives for some reason.) Don't let the one role you're struggling with bring you down in your other roles.

Sometimes we have to step back or give up a role that's dragging us down, to be better at the other roles. Don't be afraid of change. Especially, when you know that it will improve the quality of life in your other roles. If you are struggling, stop and evaluate which role is bringing you down the most and decide how to change it.

We are more than a single role. We have multiple roles to play in our lives and our lifetime. We are continually changing, growing, and letting go.

I have now become a writer and an author, and I'm not finished yet. How about you?

Have a great week,
Tony C. Franklin
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