Evidence

Sometimes it can be easy to see proof of the doubts instead of focus on all the evidence of just how well we are doing. Tomorrow I’m going to be audited. I used to in some weird way quite like school tests – but part of what I liked what getting a result – evidence of knowledge learned, or hoops successfully jumped through. Verifable proof that I was good enough. An audit is different tho, ‘cos at the end there is no score, no acknowledgement of individual achievement or lack. Just an overall group pass or fail – I won’t know if I helped boost the average or let everyone down.

Parenting is like this. And I guess, the whole of life. We don’t pass or fail, we don’t get a score. We just have to keep reminding ourselves that we’re doing our best, and that that has to be good enough.