Big Girl Pants

Big Girl Pants

Anyone who has ever had a 3 year old has been through the pain of potty training. It can be torture. Kids will do anything to not have to stop playing and go to the bathroom. 

Teaching a child that it is better to go to the potty to do your business instead of sitting in it, seems like it should be obvious, however out adorable little toddlers will continue to hide behind the couch thinking we won't notice the smell that follows.

Now and then you get an easy kid, but they are rare.

 In the area of impulse control I am a 4 year old pant pooper. 

Words, money, calories and time, all seem to slip away and leave me thinking; how did I let that happen again?

You would think after 20 years of sitting in my own mess I would easily run to the potty and want it to flush it away, but not me! I want to make more, and then I want to sit in it a long time, because it's fun to carry it around with me and stink up my life. 

Then I share the stink with those around me by complaining about the consequences of my choices.

I am fully aware that this makes no sense, but I have mastered the art. I, like the 4 year old can easily walk around pretending the mess is normal and smells just fine. 

Sometimes I think I may almost be ready for pull ups  but its a slow process. I still have little accidents. I like to keep playing, and watching shows and don't want to stop long enough to think about what comes next; a whole lot of doo doo.
When other's were cleaning up my mess, I didn't learn as quickly, but now that I have to clean it up on my own, it's nowhere near as much fun. Its time.

Stop: and be aware of your thought

Think: about the consequences or shameful feeling that will follow 

Choose: another door, or to wait another day (time to change your mind)

Flush: Un-useful thoughts and choices with unwanted consequences.

Life will smell a whole lot better when we put on our big girl pants and choose to stop making messes.

2 Timothy 1:7 

For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline.

Proverbs 25:28

A man without self-control
    is like a city broken into and left without walls.

Hope Wirta