524 Confessions of an Upset Mama! What is the essence of life?

As we get older, and somewhat wiser, we tend to forget what living really means. Watching my children go about their activities, what they choose to do, and the words spoken, I was quickly reminded: What is the essence of life? How do they see it verses how I see it? Children have a way of living life to its fullest. They are greater risk takers and ultimately know what's important. Desire to be supported and encourage by other like-minded women? Join us at Women of IMPACT. http://bit.ly/WomenofIMPACT   In asking my son, "What is the essence of life?", he gave me that weird cartoon face. You can see it --- eyebrows all different directions, his mouth shaped and curled up like never before. I think his hair stood straight up. The discussion went deeper and I asked him again, what is the essence of life? What makes life worth living? He was in the game now! He began to separate the BIG and little things in life. Through my experiences working with children, the majority seem to divide the BIG and little things the same way. Yet when we get older, our focus is still the same but the definition changes. Women of IMPACT, we se life from the big things --- stuck on the responsibilities, job, paying bills, to do lists, other people's expectations, accomplishments. And our focus that use to be on the BIG things as a child is not of little focus; the relationships, the love, the forgiveness, the happiness. It's more about the materialistic picture than the well-being picture. We ended our conversation with him saying, "Mom, doesn't it all fit together? But some things are definitely more important, for you it's the little things."  HE GOT IT!!!!! As adults, we discount that children are watching, deserving, and comprehending more than we give them credit for. We are doing them an injustice because we act like they really don't know. When in actuality, they are spot on and we are ignoring the fact that our definition in the essence of living is confusing to us. We are operating our lives from a disconnect of BIG and little. What to do? The K.I.S.S. ~ Take a page out of a child's book! Artists send in your child's page to me at [email protected] Know your little things. Define them. Write them out. Understand how your BIG things fit with your little things. What is the essence of life?  CHALLENGE: Share your definition at Create Your Now and Women of IMPACT   If you would like to go deeper and explore this further, let's get on a DISCOVERY CALL. Go to createyournow.com. This is free for you! You will walk away with at least one new action and more likely three. You are worth the time!!!   Would love to hear what you are working on. Send your challenges and celebrations to [email protected]   The Create Your Now Archive is LIVE!! You can subscribe and listen to all the previous episodes here.  http://bit.ly/CYNarchive1   PERISCOPE USERS!!! Click here for ANDROID Users / GOOGLE  https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=tv.periscope.android Click here for APPLE Users  https://itunes.apple.com/app/id972909677   THE NO FUSS MEAL PLAN Twitter@KristianneWargo@CreateYourNow Facebookwww.facebook.com/TheKISSCoach www.facebook.com/CreateYourNow Contact me at [email protected] Read more from Kristianne, a contributor of The Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kristianne-wargo/   DOMESTICBEAUTIES (Announcements) 1. Come and let's connect on Facebook - Women Of IMPACT  http://bit.ly/WomenofIMPACT 2. Create Your Now Archive 1 is LIVE! You can subscribe and listen to all the previous episodes here. http://bit.ly/CYNarchive1 3. NEW Website! Go check it out and tell me what you think. http://www.createyournow.com 4. Sign Up for The A.I.M. Academy! You will be the first to learn all about it. http://createyournow.com/m-academy-2 5. Schedule a Discovery Call. This is a free 20-30 minute call.  5. Newsletter and Library: If you desire to get weekly emails,be sure to sign up here so you can stay connected. http://createyournow.com/library   Music by Mandisa - Overcomer http://www.mandisaofficial.com   Cover Art by Jenny Hamson