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[quote=Anonymous]OP, you sound like you are humble and you care about your kids.

As far as I'm concerned, you're way more successful at being a decent human than a lot of people.

I don't think being successful at life means being really good at something.  I actually think that it's learning to have empathy, self awareness, compassion.  It's learning that so much of the ridiculous things we fixate on and compete over aren't really important in the grand scheme of things.  It's being able to see through appearance and have at least a little sense of what is really real.

I also think that developing all of those traits and coming to that awareness involves some sadness, because it means you have become sensitive to the underlying suffering and struggles going on in the world around you.

It doesn't mean you have failed.  And it's okay to feel sad sometimes or worry about your children or even have a tough time with something.

That doesn't mean you are a failure.  It means you are a human.  And the first step to finding some joy is to give ease up on yourself.

Your kids are lucky to have a mom like you.   [/quote]

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