I LOVE HALLMARK MOVIES!!! I am not ashamed to admit that. Yet I will say that watching those movies can give me a complex that life is perfect and everything works out. A preconceived notion that everything is perfect in the world. But then reality sets in
After many years of being hopeful that life is perfect and everything works out, I came to the reality that Hallmark Families do not exist in real life. Now don’t get me wrong there are families that get along most of the time. But what I mean by Hallmark Family is everyone is always happy. No one really fights. If they have a “tiff” it is worked out within 2 hours.
I think I was always hopeful that one day my family would turn into the Hallmark family and everything would be okay. But it never happened. And I realized that it probably never would happen. I have had to learn to meet my family where they are and not where I hope they would be.
If I continue to have those Hallmark Family expectation I will always be disappointed and feeling defeated. Once I let down that expectation is when I see and appreciate what my family has to offer. It is easier said than done sometime. But I just have to try and change my way of thinking
Take Care. Much Love
