Repeat Annoyance

Growing up, my mom would tell my brother and I to clean our rooms, usually on a daily basis. Most of the time, she had to tell us to do it more than once. After the first couple of times hearing her say the same thing, I would become annoyed. My famous saying was "I heard you the first time, mom!". Obviously, I did hear her the first time. It was the concept of taking action that was lacking. I recently read something that opened my eyes to see this situation in a whole new life. As a young adult now, I realized that there are still times when people will repeat themselves to me. And, my response is usually the same. It isn't that the person doesn't think that we didn't hear them the first time. The other person see's that we are not acting on what is being said, or we are having difficulty understanding what the other person is said. In order to get the point across to us, they must repeat themselves. It is in this that we can begin to ask questions and learn more about what the person is saying or what they are wanting us to do. Although hearing someone repeat something over and over can be annoying, I think that instead of seeing it as an annoyance, it would be more beneficial to see the intent behind what the person is repeating. If we are not succeeding at doing what this person is asking of us, we can find out how we can succeed. Although this may be a stab to the pride, rather than seeing this as an annoyance, why not choose to learn from it and grow? If we listen to these things that are being repeated, we may learn more about ourselves and become more aware of how we can better ourselves.