You too can return to sanity!

Steps to…Superwoman Freedom!

1. Immediately, if not sooner, give away or burn ‘all’ Superwoman clothing hiding in the back of your closet — including those blue jeans that used to fit . . . in High School!

2. Learn to form the following words, “No!” – “I don’t have time!” – “I have other plans!” – and – “No, there is no age requirement for using the washing machine!”

3. Home-grown refrigerator mold, has no medical value . . . (but keep this to yourself.)

4. Yes, depression is caused by looking at models in magazine ads . . . Reassure yourself ‘no’ they really do not look like that. They are air-brushed, clothes-pinned, girdled, . . . and starving to death. So, have a ‘hot fudge sundae’ on me!

5. Accept it! You cannot — repeat — cannot make ‘everything okay for everyone!’ This is a vital step to this cure. If you hear the words, “No problem. I’ll take care of it. . . ,” be sure they are being utter by another woman.

6. When the boy at the grocery store asks, “Do you need help with these groceries?” . . . the answer is, “YES!” After all, you just spent $137.40 for those 4 small plastic bags of what must be the world’s most precious commodity.

7. If you are not a ‘cook’ . . . admit it! Do not attempt to make ‘coco vin’ for your husband’s boss, just because it happens to have chicken in it. Find the local KFC drive-thru and feel the freedom of the truth.

8. When your temperature is 102 — lie down. Amazing, but when you arise, your house, family, pets and other obligations will have survived . . . (this, too, was a difficult one for me.) If I didn’t do it, it didn’t get done . . .well, then it can wait.

9. Personal Tip: Plastic floral arrangements in the backyard, hold their color for quite a spell, if not placed in the broiling hot sun. ‘But Martha Stewart’s garden is so beautiful.’ Yours would be too if you had a gardening team pruning and fertilizing 24 hours a day . . . Learn to enjoy PICTURES of beautiful flowers.

10. You are not ‘Martha Stewart’. Martha Stewart isn’t even Martha Stewart. So, snap out of it!

11. Expectations are . . . the devil’s way of causing you to ‘really’ feel like a loser! Don’t buy into his ad campaign.

12. When it comes to ‘super women’ . . . you rank right up there. When it comes to ‘Superwoman’ . . . it’s a joy killer. Stop trying to do it all yourself! Hey, gals, turn in your cape and pick up . . .
THE WORD!

You think I’m kidding here? I’ve lived it! I’m talking from experience. The ‘queen’ of the Superwomen’ . . . that was me. Do enough . . . be loved. Do enough . . . please God. Gals, you can’t do enough to earn what has already been FREELY given to you. And isn’t that just great!

I’m here to tell you that after many years of this . . . I was more than ready to give up this joy killing way of life. When I found out someone loved me enough to take all these unrealistic burdens from me and replace them with confidence and peace, I was amazed.

It’s true. You are covered by the most magnificent love available to mankind. God loves you so much he allowed His only Son, Jesus, to die on the cross for you and me. Why? Because he knew we couldn’t make it without Him.

“I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing.” John 15:5

“These things I have spoken to you that My joy may remain in you, and that your joy may be full.” John 15:11

Superwoman Quits . . .
to become an OWEG!
Ordinary Woman with an Extraordinary God!

Reprinted with permission
©1999 Susan Misty Taggart

http://ordinarywoman.com