I sit down to write this with coffee in hand, a napping baby and a song upon my heart. I am absolutely joyful this afternoon and it feels great.
I was thinking about what to write and perusing the stream of status updates on facebook and I got to thinking.. I know I touched on it in my last post but really, we are an incredibly blessed people in this country and it is far too often that we are quick to complain. Quick to spread the depressing undertones of what our daily mundane life may include.Quick to grumble about being bored, not having motivation to go for that run we've been promising ourselves for weeks that we would go on, about our friends blowing us off... I know I am not completely innocent of this! Even since my wonderful son has been born I know I have posted a few things about being overly tired- or stressed because of his screaming. It's very easy feel sorry for yourself when you lose sight of what it is you truly are living for. More so, Who we are meant to be living for.
The truth is- life is hard.
It is most definitely tough and it likes to give us a beating from time to time. Friendships are going to be broken, families will fight, bosses will be unfair, and I can assure you- terrible drivers WILL cut you off on your way around town. Heartache and frustration are inescapable in this life.
The bigger truth is that life is beautiful. And we are so blessed.
I think we, as a whole, tend to forget to mark the moments that we genuinely feel great- overwhelmed with joy- happy- content-loved- really just any positive feeling. Instead we just flood our "feed" with a well thought out stab to whatever has just happened to you or whoever upset you or a well-versed description of the crippling sadness that has overwhelmed your heart.
Our world has become increasingly quick. Quick in communication, we have an endless supply of social networks where we with the click of a button can relay any information that we deem important to share with our world of "followers" or "friends." Or just anyone willing to read them, really.
I want to break this trend. Or more-so rise above it.
I genuinely want to put forth an effort to only allow positive remarks to come from my mouth. To escape from my quickly moving fingers while I type on my laptop or cell phone. It's an early New Year's Resolution, I suppose.
I know I get sick of reading such foul posts, such negative remarks. I can't be the only one. I'm not talking about genuinely tough days- I understand that a quick status update can be a great way to vent about a hard day or situation. But c'mon- everytime it rains I feel like the majority or everyone has something negative to say about it. Every single Sunday night is bound to have countless complaints stating the dread for the upcoming Monday morning to be faced. How about being grateful for the gift?! Being grateful that you aren't somewhere that it never rains and are in constant danger of wildfires? Grateful to have a JOB to get to that funds the ridiculous weekend you had that is what is leaving you so sleepy in the first place?! I mean I know that's probably a terrible example but you catch my drift.
So aside from my usual New Year's Resolution to "eat better"- I am going to include positivity. Daily. NO matter what.
I love you.
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