The Ugly Truth:
There are now four unexplainable piles on my desk.
There’s a bird in the attic.
I gained weight again.
Aron is in bed…but he isn’t sleeping.
I’m tired of driving to church this week…If Aron had been well on Sunday, tonight and tomorrow morning would have been the 5th and 6th time.
I had a headache all morning.
My pants have a bleach stain on the leg.
My floors need to be mopped…badly.
My mop handle is broken.
All three of my boys have really stinky gas today.
The Beautiful Truth:
I am not behind on anything life threatening or financially volatile.
We live among trees where I can hear all sorts of birds singing throughout the day.
I have the health, ability and the will-power to lose weight.
Aron is content to play in his crib.
I love my church.
My head is feeling much better and I had a lot of time this morning to think about what I’m doing wrong with my diet that might be causing me to have headaches.
I’ve had these pants for over 5 years and they’re still comfortable.
I’m about to take a little time to clean my pretty wood floors.
A lot of packing tape can hold a mop handle together.
All three of my boys are NOT SICK, and they’re pretty cute even when they’re smelly.
Proof positive that life is what you make of it. There will always be the ugly and the beautiful…and sometimes, all it takes is a shift of focus to draw us to the beautiful side of things.
Sometimes all it takes is a shift in perspective. Almost always, a change in perspective helps. Good for you for seeing both sides willingly. Here’s another example…..unemployment here in the US is not good….10-14% depending on the source and the state. Two years ago, the unemployment rate in Liberia was 80%. That’s unemployment, not the percentage employed. Food for thought.
It’s great that you can see both sides of things and know that everything it fixable. I’m not sure how to get a bird out of an attic though. I saw a lot of birds flying in and out of our attic through the eaves I guess, last year. I never hear them though.