Adjust Expectations.

Expectations of ourselves and others can get us in trouble.

With our needs, almost every daily task takes us longer than others on a good day. On bad days… we won’t talk about how long it takes. 🙂 Some tasks, we can’t do at all. Knowing that is one thing. Applying it is another.

I think this is the one of the hardest things I have had to realize. I simply cannot do either what I once did or what others can do. So, we adjust expectations. Realize that you have to allow more time for things and have to have recovery time for things. It is not easy, but has made a big difference. Or, on weeks like this week, I have learned to adjust expectations of what can be accomplished. Sometimes, it is hard to be patient! It is hard sometimes to give ourselves grace. And yet, we must!

Also, I have learned to adjust expectations on others. Those who assist us are doing it out of love and in their spare time. They are only human as well. They have lives, limitations, and responsibilities. 🙂 Give them grace, too!