Bill Cosby once said, "I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody".

Really?... Crap!

It seems that this is my goal on a daily basis...to keep everyone happy.  Let's break this down, shall we?

By definition.....
Please: { pleased, pleasing, pleases} v. To give enjoyment, pleasure, or satisfaction to: make glad or contented.
Happy: delighted, pleased, or glad, as over a particular thing.

So, essentially the same thing.  And, yes, that is my daily goal.  To keep the kids happy so I don't have to listen to screaming and yelling and begging.  To keep the schools happy by getting my kids there on time, helping out, keeping the teachers happy, paying the tuition bill on time.  To keep the coach happy, the den mother happy, the other parents happy.  To keep my boss and co-workers happy so I can keep my job.  To keep our parents happy so that they will continue to help us out with the kids.  To keep our siblings happy so that we don't have to deal with all the baggage that comes along with unhappy relationships.  To keep my husband happy (...and he would say that I don't try hard enough with that one).  To keep my friends happy so that I can keep them. And, lastly, to keep me happy... { in no particular order}.  All those reasons and because I want the people I love and care about the most to be happy, after all.

So, according to Bill I'm destined to failure.  Trust me, I realize that Bill is not Einstein...but he does have a point.  Failure may be a harsh word, but then again maybe not...

We all seem to forget that in pleasing everyone else we sometimes fail ourselves, whether it's failing to get enough sleep, failing to finish our own projects in our own homes, failing to stay well, failing to clean the toilets, failing to give the most attention to the person or thing that needs the most attention at that moment...

Maybe Bill should be held in a bit more esteem...?