Don’t Throw Stones From Glass Houses

You know the saying, don’t throw stones from glass houses? Well imagine every mum lives in a glass house.

But each house is a different grade of glass because some mums have a tough exterior, but other mums have taken the impact of too many stones that have chipped away at their house. It won’t be long until they shatter to the ground.

That shatter could be a stone throw away and it’s sadly thrown by another mum, living in a glass house.

Glass houses are worn down chip after chip after chip. The chip of judgement. The chip of exhaustion. The chip of stress. The chip of financial hardship. The chip of mental illness. The chip of bullying. The chip of trolling.

I live in a glass house. I’m not immune to judgement or harsh comments. I will get upset, and even though my house won’t fall to the ground, it cops a chip.

But the more stones thrown to my glass house, the more weak my house becomes. If I don’t attend to the chips from stones that are thrown my way, the strength of my house becomes compromised.

So how do you protect your glass house? You stop throwing stones from yours.

All of us mums want the best for our children. But the moment a mum finds her child in a horrific situation and is compelled to share her lesson with the world, she will be judged and stones are thrown her way. We shout to her ‘how could you? Are you really that stupid? You should have known better!’

NONE of us know better. No one is better than the other. Human nature is not perfect. We make mistakes. Some can be deadly, and others can be costly.

But we can always learn something from each other. Nothing is gained from stone throwing.

That’s why it’s important to remember we all live in glass houses.

We never know when we will breathe our last breath or whether we are guaranteed another day tomorrow. Our life could shatter tomorrow from a stone we never saw coming.

So we have to make the best of each day we get and stop throwing stones at houses that are just like our own.

So please, from one mum living in a glass house to another, stop sitting in your glass house throwing stones.

We don’t need any more shattered houses.

We need strong mums that can learn from each other and are able to recognise judgement does more damage than good.

You can’t fix yourself by breaking someone else.

So leave those stones on the floor where they belong.