2. No amount of inspirational quotes will
comfort you quite like your mother can.
We see them every day. Pinterest has made a
business out of it. Teenage girls have become Instafamous on Instagram with
them. They haunt us with their clever plays on words and millisecond of
satisfaction.
I’m talking inspirational quotes, people.
The words that weave together dried tears and a pat on the back in a poetic
melody. The melody wraps around our heart convincing us to make it our
background on our phone. (Just me?) We pretend to live our lives by these
quotes like “live in the sunshine” or “the best thing to hold onto in life is
each other.”
To be frank, you can’t live in the sunshine
where there are clouds. Now, I know you can create your own figurative sunshine
and learn to “dance like no one’s watching” beneath that figurative sunshine,
but will it really last? Will these momentary flashes of inspiration help us
uncover the bed sheets in the morning and face our chaotic lives?
If there is one lesson I have been so
fortunate to learn, it is that not one of these quotes—no matter how applicable
they may be to our current situation— will ever make us feel quite like our
mother can.
If you’re one of my soul sisters or
brothers and have one of those generic quotes with whimsical letters on an
image straight off Pinterest haven, delete it. Replace it with a photo of
your mother. Or your sister. Or your dog, Chunks. Whoever that person or animal
is that makes you feel like you’re not alone—and you’re right where you need to
be—make him or her your background. Look at them and feel the love they speak
to you each time you struggle to put one foot in front of the other. They are
the melody in the movie of your life. They are the best thing to hold onto in life.
No need for sunshine. They will always
be the light that guides you home.
Love you “oodles & doodles,” Mom.
it’s an outlet. it’s an inspiration. it’s a gift. it’s a purpose
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