I stopped at a red light and took a breath. In: calming, life-giving oxygen. Out: negative, stress-inducing baddayatwork.
Made a list of things that bug me:
* People who can't get to the point. You make me resent you because I can't hang up while you ramble.
* Rubber-neckers (church ladies call them "lookie-loos." Folks who clog up traffic because they slow down to stare at accidents, police cars, stray dogs...
* Christmas music. I'll be Scrooge until December 24, just so you know.
And then I started thinking about things to be thankful for.
* Steven. He loves me madly and without explanation. And he buys me pizza after terrible, horrible, no good, very bad days.
* I have a job. As much as it stresses me out, I have an income while many around our country go without.
* God. He accepts me though I don't deserve it and forgives me when I lose sight of what's important.
* My family. One lovely thing about Christmas is time off to see this:
Thank God my blessings far outweigh my gripes.
Check out this video. It made me smile.
5 comments:
Hope you have got over your bad day.
Such a lovely family, what blessings you have.
Happy Christmas to you all.
Love Granny
Counting our blessings is always a great stress reliever, isn't it?
(By the way, I answered your comment over at my place. I'd copy it to you here, but you have such a g-rated blog!)
Perspective is everything, isn't it? I was getting all depressed over both kids having the flu, when another friend's kid had a stomach virus. Suddenly, I was all, "Thank God it's just flu!"
I'm so sorry you had such a bad day...why don't you join me, and plan to move (like Alexander) to Australia? LOL...Your family is beautiful!!!! And I love that Mercy Me song...Great vid to go with it, too!!! You're in my thoughts...Janine XO
Its a beautiful thing to be able to accept a bad day for what it is and then count your blessings.
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