BOTH can be TRUE

We assume so many things have to be this OR that. Black OR white. We think feeling, thinking or doing one thing eliminates us from feeling, thinking, or doing something else. There are lots of things we think cannot exist together.

I was reminded of this powerfully the other day when a saw a new mama post this, "I think it's OK not to like being a parent but still fiercely love your kids."

I would have never thought these things could go together. Isn’t it amazing that you don’t have to love parenting even most of the time to be able to love your kids. And love them fiercely.

It is just so freeing to just read that and realize BOTH CAN BE TRUE. We don't have to feel guilty. We don't have to feel like we're not enough. We are more complex than we had imagined.

I wonder what else can both be true.