Be Better...Or Don't

This sticker literally fell into my lap today as I took my new phone case out of its packaging.

Do you know what I did when I saw it?

I laughed.

Right there all by myself.

Because the truth is, it’s the same message I’ve been sending myself all week.

“Be better.”

as a mom,
as a sister,
as an aunt,
as a teacher,
as a therapist,
as a pet owner,
as a neighbor,
as gym goer,
as a friend,
as a writer,
as a wife,
as me.

Be better - at everything.

And something about seeing the message fall into my lap made me realize that none of us need that kind of energy right now.

Who are we to tell ourselves or anyone else to be better?

It’s ok to not be better.

Sometimes it’s ok to just be.

Be far from perfect.
Be simply surviving.
Be flawed.
Be human.
Be a mess.
Be “just” ok.

If there is anything we all need to “be better” at right now, it’s giving ourselves and each other a bit more grace and resisting the pressure from society to always try to be better.

Here’s to hoping you are embracing just being you right now.