There are numerous things I could talk about today. So much and so many pleasant things happened today. It started by waking up in a good mood. I'm planning on giving a synopsis of the day, but I think my actual topic today is going to about my gratitude towards positive thinking and the power it has over a person.
The day started with dog poop. I know, I know. Not the thing you'd expect me to say. But what makes that even better, is it was in the house. This is how I knew I was actually in a good mood. Normally, that kind of thing sets me off immediately, and of course I wasn't thrilled it happened, I wasn't upset. I just cleaned it up and went on about the morning as if it were just some other little thing. After some cleaning, we had a play date here and there was a total of 6 kids (including Ellie) and 5 adults (if you count Tom who was just simply in the house...). Things went very smoothly and that eventually closed up around noon so the kiddos could get their naps in. After we got Ellie down, I had doctor's appt. I made it there with plenty of time to spare considering I left really early. The problem with our hospital on post is that the parking is hellacious since they've got all the contruction going on. I found a spot almost immediately. Anyway, got through the appt and at the very end I found out I will probably have to have surgery on my left hand to remove what could potentially be a debilitating cyst from the inside of my thumb. I'll admit that's not the best news. After that I picked up Tom and Ellie, we went to the PX and got her a sleeping bag, ate dinner, and proceeded with the night time/ bed time routine.
Through all of that I never really felt anxious or irritated. Those who know me best know how quickly I engage those two particular emotions. When I woke up this morning, I was thinking that I couldn't be in a bad mood because I had company coming over. I told myself that today was going to be a good day and things would go smoothly. And they did. Of the hitches I did run into, they didn't seem to bother me. I started thinking that maybe if you tell yourself that there are going to be positive things that happen to yourself, that its possible to be a self-fulfilling prophecy of sorts. You start doing things that would promote more positive occurances. Everyone wants an overdose on seratonin, but no one knows how to get it. Putting the right mindset to my day first thing really did help me. I didn't think it would have the impact it did, but even right now, I'm still in a very contented mood.
I am grateful today for being capable to allow positive thinking guide my day.
"Warm summer shine, shine kindly here. Warm southern wind, blow softly here. Green sod above, lie light, light light. Good night, dear Heart, good night, good night." -- Mark Twain
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