I have found myself complaining a lot lately or feeling bothered by things. Petty things. Stupid things. I have everything I need in life and yet I get down on myself or things out of my control. We had plans to travel next year...Disneyland with the girls and then France without them. Both plans have been scrapped now in order to accommodate our new lifestyle (the getting by and hoping for better one). And I've felt complaint over this.
Then as I talked to my good friend online yesterday I listened to/read her complaining about money. The friend that has virtually free babysitters and both she and her husband work. I kind of doubt they have real actual money problems (but I guess you never know). But it made me think...if she can complain about it then there must not be a happy medium in the world for it. She worries about affording an entire bathroom remodel and I consider a new bathroom mirror (which she told me was $40-60 at the cheapest) and decide that's definitely not in the budget. Two different worlds of worry over money.
So I've made a decision to get rid of this attitude and live to realize "good enough" is damn near great (as a friend's blog puts it...okay I added the damn near great part). But seriously I want for nothing. I am lucky enough to be home with my girls and to watch them grow up. I am blessed with a great man to share my life with and who sacrifices for us. I am super lucky that I have my girls (no more complaining about POF or infertility here either; okay maybe a little complaint over hormone wackiness and "was that a hot flash I just had?" thoughts). But to complain about my road with infertility implies unhappiness in how it turned out. And I am most definitely beyond thrilled with how it turned out.
And as for money. So far we've been really lucky there too. We both have work unlike many Americans these days . At just the point when my husband changed jobs, and before we realized how tight money might get, I was offered some on-call hours back with the hospital. Work that works entirely with my schedule with the girls. Talk about a God who knows how to provide for our little family at just the right time. I don't know how long my job will last. But for now it brings in a little extra money and I'm grateful for it. I hope they keep me around and going until the end of the year but we'll see. I have no room for complaint about money. We are provided for. That's all that matters.
So I am doing my best from here on out...in life and in blog world to not complain. To realize my blessings. And who knows maybe even help others to realize theirs too. Here's to a new positive spin on life.
4 comments:
Wonderful attitude! Maybe it will rub off on me. I, too, have been feeling grumpy these days.
Good luck!
Thanks Brenda. I'm hoping it sticks to me hehe Hope your grumpiness eases off too.
Great attitude! I left my decent-paying job several years ago, so that I could watch our daughter grow up. I don't regret my decision one bit. We don't take vacations every year like our friends; it's a sacrifice we've made in our family. Enjoy those blessings of yours!
haha so much easier to have than keep. Wouldn't ya know this was right before discovering our insurance wasn't "active" during two after hours visits for Kendall. Oh well back on the wagon today :) I definitely will be happy being stay-at-home in the long run (and I am in the short too). Thanks for the comment.
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