Ask Yourself

How many times today did I sweep up who knows what off the floor

 

replace the contents of the peanut butter/syrup/vinegar cupboard

 

wipe mystery sticky/dirty stuff off counters and walls

 

ask certain kid to please stop teasing other kids

 

hear the words "mom, I'm hungry!"

 

pick up socks that weren't mine

 

wipe runny noses

 

give thanks

 

I hope your numbers were different than mine, but for a lot of us tired busy moms, the answers are probably pretty similar. Our days start early and never stop moving. Usually picking up grumpy momentum towards the whenishecominghome hour and then there's dinner and homework and baths and then finally it's over!

 

Every night I kneel down and pray, giving thanks for a life filled with children, love, and comfort. But am I really grateful for my children if I spent all day feeling resentful that I washed and folded 6 loads of laundry instead of doing something fun for me? Am I really grateful for my husbands job if I complained for an hour on the phone to my sister that we don't have enough money for all the things I want?

 

The first step is admitting you have a problem, right? So, even though the answer is obvious, I still have to say it out loud. "NO, I'm not really grateful!" And how is that possible when I clearly have SO much to be grateful for! 





I actually wrote down these thoughts several days ago and made a serious decision right then to stop complaining and be happy. Did you know that being grateful makes you happy? It really does! And then Jenn found this for me on Pinterest and I think I just might have to hang a copy of it in my house where I can look at it every day.

Truer words were never spoken!