1 00:00:03,520 --> 00:00:09,760 Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio. Good Morning. 2 00:00:11,039 --> 00:00:17,000 Speaker 2: This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's 3 00:00:17,000 --> 00:00:22,000 Speaker 2: tip is to remember it is just a phase. The 4 00:00:22,239 --> 00:00:27,120 Speaker 2: terrifying and reassuring truth about time is that it keeps 5 00:00:27,160 --> 00:00:32,000 Speaker 2: passing no matter what you do. So for a great 6 00:00:32,040 --> 00:00:38,360 Speaker 2: many things. Most likely this too shall pass. If you 7 00:00:38,400 --> 00:00:42,920 Speaker 2: can hang on, soon enough, you'll be dealing with something different. 8 00:00:45,000 --> 00:00:46,960 Speaker 2: I wrote this on a day in which I spent 9 00:00:47,040 --> 00:00:49,960 Speaker 2: quite a lot of the morning dealing with the mercurial 10 00:00:50,000 --> 00:00:54,040 Speaker 2: whims of my toddler. It is really no fun. 11 00:00:53,880 --> 00:00:57,200 Speaker 1: To be asked for a waffle, to procure that waffle, 12 00:00:57,880 --> 00:01:00,640 Speaker 1: and then to be hit because the todd no longer 13 00:01:00,680 --> 00:01:04,200 Speaker 1: wants the waffle. What kept me bumbling through all this 14 00:01:04,400 --> 00:01:08,240 Speaker 1: ordeal was remembering that my older children don't do that. 15 00:01:09,400 --> 00:01:12,399 Speaker 1: They do other things, but they do not hit me 16 00:01:12,520 --> 00:01:16,000 Speaker 1: for bringing the waffle they asked for. Even if I 17 00:01:16,040 --> 00:01:19,680 Speaker 1: am being smacked by my toddler for bringing breakfast incorrectly, 18 00:01:20,640 --> 00:01:23,360 Speaker 1: I will not be being smacked by a toddler forever. 19 00:01:25,080 --> 00:01:28,160 Speaker 1: My little guy has already moved out of some tough phases. 20 00:01:29,080 --> 00:01:31,840 Speaker 1: For instance, a blogger I read frequently noted that her 21 00:01:31,880 --> 00:01:35,920 Speaker 1: toddler was waking up at four forty five am. I 22 00:01:35,959 --> 00:01:40,039 Speaker 1: have experienced that many times, but knock on wood, I 23 00:01:40,200 --> 00:01:45,320 Speaker 1: haven't for the past few months. Basically, everyone is sleeping 24 00:01:45,319 --> 00:01:49,880 Speaker 1: through the night in my house almost every night. Those 25 00:01:49,920 --> 00:01:52,280 Speaker 1: middle of the night wake ups and early wake ups, 26 00:01:52,960 --> 00:01:56,480 Speaker 1: they were a phase. They were a long phase, but 27 00:01:56,560 --> 00:01:59,720 Speaker 1: they were a phase, and now I am in a 28 00:01:59,760 --> 00:02:04,280 Speaker 1: different phase. Of course, there are good things that are 29 00:02:04,320 --> 00:02:09,560 Speaker 1: just a phase. Two, snuggling newborns, the few weeks when 30 00:02:09,600 --> 00:02:13,800 Speaker 1: the flowers are blossoming in spring, it will be spring again, 31 00:02:14,000 --> 00:02:17,800 Speaker 1: but not for a while, and each season of peak 32 00:02:17,840 --> 00:02:23,200 Speaker 1: blossoms is fleeting. That's why I decided to travel to Washington, 33 00:02:23,280 --> 00:02:26,600 Speaker 1: d C. Twice during the March week when the cherry 34 00:02:26,600 --> 00:02:31,480 Speaker 1: blossoms were at their peak billowy whiteness. I knew it 35 00:02:31,560 --> 00:02:36,079 Speaker 1: was just a phase. Soon all those cherry blossom petals 36 00:02:36,639 --> 00:02:41,240 Speaker 1: would be like snow on the ground. Best to enjoy 37 00:02:41,280 --> 00:02:47,080 Speaker 1: it while I could. It is just a phase. Perhaps 38 00:02:47,120 --> 00:02:50,560 Speaker 1: that idea sounds depressing, but I really do believe we 39 00:02:50,680 --> 00:02:54,840 Speaker 1: have to view this truth in its entirety approached well. 40 00:02:55,560 --> 00:02:59,040 Speaker 1: This truth allows us to be calm about truly unpleasant 41 00:02:59,080 --> 00:03:04,520 Speaker 1: things because well, they probably won't last forever. We can 42 00:03:04,560 --> 00:03:07,320 Speaker 1: also decide to savor moments that we know will soon 43 00:03:07,360 --> 00:03:11,200 Speaker 1: be in the past. We can decide to enjoy what 44 00:03:11,280 --> 00:03:16,280 Speaker 1: we can. Holding these two sides of the same truth together, 45 00:03:17,320 --> 00:03:20,960 Speaker 1: we can live in and enjoy the moment, even if 46 00:03:20,960 --> 00:03:26,520 Speaker 1: we know that lots of moments aren't entirely blissful. So 47 00:03:26,639 --> 00:03:29,240 Speaker 1: if you have something you are not enjoying right now, 48 00:03:30,160 --> 00:03:32,720 Speaker 1: can you picture yourself on the other side of it? 49 00:03:34,040 --> 00:03:37,600 Speaker 1: At what point in the future do you reasonably expect 50 00:03:37,720 --> 00:03:41,320 Speaker 1: you won't be dealing with this? And if there is 51 00:03:41,360 --> 00:03:44,280 Speaker 1: something good in your life that you suspect will not 52 00:03:44,600 --> 00:03:49,840 Speaker 1: last forever, which is really everything at least in this world, 53 00:03:51,000 --> 00:03:54,680 Speaker 1: what can you do to savor it now? Make that 54 00:03:54,800 --> 00:03:58,240 Speaker 1: extra trip to see a friend, go camping with a 55 00:03:58,320 --> 00:04:01,160 Speaker 1: kid who wants you to go camping with them, even 56 00:04:01,160 --> 00:04:05,560 Speaker 1: if it is a bother. Someday it won't be possible 57 00:04:05,560 --> 00:04:10,920 Speaker 1: to go camping together. It is just a phase. We 58 00:04:10,960 --> 00:04:16,040 Speaker 1: may as well make the most of it. In the meantime. 59 00:04:16,960 --> 00:04:21,480 Speaker 1: This is Laura, Thanks for listening, and here's to make 60 00:04:21,480 --> 00:04:23,600 Speaker 1: them the most of our time. 61 00:04:29,839 --> 00:04:32,600 Speaker 3: Hey, everybody, I'd love to hear from you. You can 62 00:04:32,640 --> 00:04:36,120 Speaker 3: send me your tips, your questions, or anything else. Just 63 00:04:36,160 --> 00:04:40,040 Speaker 3: connect with me on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram at Before 64 00:04:40,160 --> 00:04:46,040 Speaker 3: Breakfast Pod. 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