No, not the stew but a "do over" or second chance. Not in golf ~ but in life.
It's always easier to do something right from the first than to have to undo it and start over. I have a friend who has four children. Her youngest child is much more disciplined in the daily cares of life than his older siblings. All because she taught him differently. At a very early age he knew to put his garbage in the garbage can, his dirty clothes in the laundry room, and so forth. Her older children struggled with these disciplines because they had not been taught this when younger. Unfortunately, I was the same way with my children. I did not teach them many of the daily disciplines that they should have been taught. Which left me with the load. Yep, I tried to take care of it all and quickly found that taking care of a whole family was way more work than one can do alone. So I was sometimes frazzled, overwhelmed, and frankly not very organized. It really is a shame that I did not realize the importance of delegating, and especially teaching my children to take responsibility of their own belongings, messes, garbage, and so forth from the beginning. Though I have tried to change this over the years, my family still struggles with this. Yesterday I found myself picking up an item that our youngest son had left in the living room. As I picked it up, I thought that I really should wait and have him take care of it. It was easier at the time to do it myself, so I did. I did the same thing this morning, cleaning up several things our youngest son had left in the kitchen that should have been put in the garbage. Old habits are hard to break. Though it may have been easier for me to take care of it, it was not the best thing for my son. We are all still learning.
Fortunately we can start where we are. Like I said we didn't start out as we should have but we have changed a lot for the better over the years. We still have much to work on. So it is in much of life.
So what about you? Do you need a mulligan today?
