Another AHA Moment!

I have read that when we get irritated with others, it is because they possess qualities that we in fact possess but haven't accepted in ourselves.

While getting packed for a weekend getaway, I got irritated with Lindsay as she proceeded to bring down to the car a BIG bag full of her beloved purses, a backpack filled with her important "papers", another purse with her phone and other accessories all of us girls love. I told her she didn't need to bring all those things and she looked at me with a look that said, "I am taking these things and there isn't anything you can do about it". I didn't battle but got irritated.

As I was packing the car, filling it with all MY crap, I had an AHA moment. My crap consisted of my knitting bag, my books AND my Kindle (go figure), my lap top and a few magazines too! I had a flash back of Jerry looking at me as he was packing the car for a weekend away and thinking, "Kelli, when do you think you are going to have time to do any of these things in two days?" And, me giving him the same look Lindsay gave me that said, "I want to work on this knitting project that I haven't touched in a year and read too, and I might have time to work on my Heritage Makers project too".
AHA, she learned it from me! Having those comforts of home that we enjoy doing during our down time when we go somewhere else. Or is it that we just like comforts of home while away?

So, from now on, I will try not to get irritated at her pile of purses that she transports from her bed to the couch or her pile of papers that keeps growing daily and she transports to and from. It is no different than my books or magazines, my projects of knitting, photos, etc. The things that brings comfort to her and that she enjoys doing are no different.

What was irritating to me, was something I do, just in a different way.