Can't steal my happy

I sit here tonight blogging after a particularly trying few weeks. We've had lots of stress from outside sources, stress from inside our family, and stress between us (because we have lofty financial goals and with that a coinciding lack of time together, because of time spent at other jobs). We've had A LOT on our plates, we've had kid activities up to three nights each week and normal every day life on top of it all. Just life stuff, really.

Somewhere in the mix of the last few weeks, I've let my joy slide. And by that I mean I've let my happy, typically positive self give way to A LOT of negative. A LOT. I almost feel bad for my partner, because quite literally every day I've had a negative comment/attitude/overall being. My language has been negative, the look on my face has been negative. And all this because life is happening. Now, granted....I've had a fair share of annoying things happening (falling down, hurting myself, miscellaneous random little things), but the truth remains that I let those things affect my attitude more than they actually affected my every day life in a serious way. Mostly, they were annoyances that built up and I used those as an excuse to remain negative. Fantastic.

I simply had to remember that life continues to flow over whatever underpinning you have: be that negative, positive, whatever.  If you have an underpinning of joy and operate within that, there is nothing that can happen quite literally that can steal your joy. DOH! I was fully operating in that negativity.  

I have so much to be thankful for: a new house, two jobs that provide for my family. Amazing kids (even though they don't always get along). An amazing partnership that continues to flourish even in crazy amounts of stress at the moment. Food, clothing, family, friends....and the list could go on and on.

So, during this season especially, lets all practice our underpinnings of joy. As I type this, my children are playing, giggling and getting along (I think they missed each other for a few days). The world can try to get you down, but really, WE GOT THIS. 

Love on this Wednesday,

Kara 

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