Why I just realized I am an awful person!

Let me set the scene for you..

I was standing in the kitchen watching traffic out my kitchen window. I had a mile long to do list. Rich was sitting on the couch enjoying his coffee and fixing one of my kids windows.

I started to realize the reason I was standing there doing nothing was because I was WAITING for Rich to put a garbage bag in the garbage.

Yes you read that right. He has just taken the garbage bag out and I had already started a pile of garbage. I was literally going to wait for him to put a bag in the can before continuing on with my to do list.

Have you done this? "I'll sit here and watch TV until someone takes the garbage out" or something along those lines?

Thank goodness I had a coming back to earth moment and put the dang bag in myself. Got my to do list done and had a lovely afternoon.

But why would I think that way? Why would I assume I could not do it myself? What on earth was I even thinking. Acting spoiled. Acting like it was a hard job? Maybe it was because I've been sick and I couldn't reach down and get a bag from under the sink? Really!?!?

I think as humans we do this a lot. Things we can do alone and probably have we starting leaning on other people. What happens if I was single. Would a bag never go back into that can? We rely to much on people and the times we do not are when we simply can't. How about we do things for ourselves? 

 That is a goal for this year. What I can do myself I will. No more being silly and letting the recyclable add up because no one takes it out. No more waiting for someone to brush our long haired cat,Oscar.  Team work. Team work. It will be happening more and more in this house.

If you see something that needs to be done,do it. 
My kids will learn this too. They need to be grateful for the room they have. Which means picking it up when asked. Instead of stepping on the mittens that were thrown down a few hrs ago they can pick them up.  Instead of telling me the animals need food they can get it for them.  Hopefully we can get back into the right mind set.

No more leaning. Yes I do not do it often but that one time I did was enough for me. That garbage bag is in the trash can and my mind is right where it needs to be thanks to it. TEAM WORK!!!

?Raven?