Life can be so stressful. Right now we’re in the process of me (hopefully) starting a new job soon. We’re trying to find a new place to live. Trying to pay off some credit cards. We had to replace a headlight on our car… you know, just life. However, amid the stressful things life inevitably throws at us there are always the simple little things that make days bright and happy.
This weekend was full of those little things:
-Watching my family gather together in support of my mom
-Getting to see my sister and nephew in from California
-Seeing my Oma from Kansas City and Aunt from Florida
-Spending the entire day today with my mom and Oma. Seriously, my mom and I could talk 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and never run out of things to talk about.
-Finding a gift card from Starbucks in my wallet that had $18 on it. That’s like free money!
-One of the girls from my book club invited me to a Cubs game tomorrow. Third freakin’ row seats. Mind = blown. I’m so excited.
My poor sister sat standby at the airport (on literally no sleep) all day long and didn’t get out. She’s spending the night here and is going to try again tomorrow. The flights don’t look a whole lot better and since her car is parked in San Fransisco she can’t fly in anywhere else. Say a prayer, cross your fingers and hop on one foot that she gets out because spending two long days at airport sucks. Spending two long days at an airport with a five year old (even one that is really well behaved) while your husband just got in from a deployment sucks way worse. She will accept any extra plane tickets to SFO just in case anyone has one laying around. Just saying.
Aside from feeling bad for my sister I’m just so happy. I’m so blessed in so many ways. I have a wonderful life and it’s fun to look back and list things that make my life as great as it is. Optimism for the win!
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At dinner every evening? We go around the table, and everyone has to list three great things that happened to them during the day. Sometimes there are huge great things to report, and sometimes the great stuff is tiny. The other day, my younger daughter told us how much she had loved that her toast came out perfectly. Hee hee!
It is a lovely way to be reminded, at the end of each day, that there is much to appreciate and much for which we should be grateful.
Well done, you!
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That’s a great practice. I’m generally optimistic but when I get stressed I find it easier and easier to focus on the negative. It’s amazing what taking a few minutes to focus on all the positive things in your life can do for your mood 🙂
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Happiness is a state of mind that really depends how we see the situations in our lives each day. you can have all the riches in the world but still see it as a lonely place.-.;