{"id":4200,"date":"2016-02-24T16:16:36","date_gmt":"2016-02-24T21:16:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/baburkard.com\/crochet\/?p=4200"},"modified":"2016-03-01T21:15:31","modified_gmt":"2016-03-02T02:15:31","slug":"lenten-challenge-13-second-fiddle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/baburkard.com\/crochet\/lenten-challenge-13-second-fiddle\/","title":{"rendered":"Lenten Challenge #13: Second Fiddle"},"content":{"rendered":"

“For some of us, relinquishing control and sacrificing our own agendas or plans is difficult. …<\/em>” So the challenge for <\/a>today<\/a> is to put someone else’s needs\/desires head of your own.<\/p>\n

OK, my first reaction is – I do this many times a day! This is how my mother lived, what I and my sisters were taught as little girls, it is especially true if you want to be “a good wife” (so I was taught) – that others’ needs were more important than our own.<\/p>\n

My job as administrative assistant is based on fulfilling others’ needs. So much of my job involves stopping whatever task I was working on to help someone else. I am not complaining, I love my job (most of the time). Just sayin’ playing second fiddle is something I do all the time.<\/p>\n

I think for many of us women learning to give some priority to our own needs is what we need to practice. \"IMG_0386<\/a><\/p>\n

With today’s ice storm the church was even quieter than yesterday! And I think I had only 2 phone calls to interrupt what I was doing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“For some of us, relinquishing control and sacrificing our own agendas or plans is difficult. …” So the challenge for today is to put someone else’s needs\/desires head of your own. OK, my first reaction is – I do this many times a day! This is how my mother lived, what I and my sisters … <\/p>\n

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