T.G.I.W.T.F. has been fun, really, it has. It’s fun (and funny) to be cynical and laugh at silly things and people I encounter throughout the week. It is therapeutic in a way. However, that therapeutic thought is projected outward, instead of poured inside of me, which I really need these days. I’m trying to focus on the positive. On the good in this life. I’m surrounding myself with people and places that are good for me, that add something to my little, but meaningful, life.
Inspired by Jen Lemen’s post-it adventure, awhile back I stuck a post-it note on my fridge door. I wrote the word GRATITUDE in block letters and stuck it square in the middle of the freezer door. Whenever I walked by the fridge, I would see that word and think of things that I feel gratitude for in my life.
One particularly rough day, I walked by the fridge and my post-it had been altered.
I left the post-it on the fridge for a few days, but then took it down. In an odd way, I felt as though what I was trying to accomplish by having it there in the first place had been destroyed. I was trying to look at the big picture, to figure out what was important, and focus on those little details every day. I guess Mom didn’t “get” that, and why should she? I didn’t talk to her about it.
I’ve decided that Fridays around here I’ll be focusing on the things in life that I am grateful for, and be secure with the notion that once I post my gratitude, it will remain here, in its original, unaltered state.
Good plan…
Lovely. And I just love how you and your mother have identical handwriting!
Oh Amy, we need more people like you in this world. Seriously…we can all learn a thing or two from your attitude.
Glass is half full is a much better approach:)
It does make you feel better when you look at what you have instead of what you don’t have. I think the post it notes are a good idea.