Did you ever notice? I was playing in the mirror this morning - with the baby, not just myself, silly- and I glanced up to see my wonderful teeth. They are lovely.....I am thankful for them. Often I am so busy picking myself to death that I don't see anything to like. It struck me today that I am overlooking my blessings because I don't have EXACTLY what I want. How often do I do this in life? ALL the time with my body, and many other times with everything else.
I have been seeing this in pieces but as I write, it is all coming together. How sad that I complain about so many things, making others feel my ingratitude. They probably wonder how I can complain when I have such lovely teeth to go through life with. I notice this with my kids. I pick, nag, direct, all in the name of mothering. But I don't feed them as much positive as I do negatives. I look at what I need to be fixing and don't focus on their wonderfulness enough. And if you think my teeth are great, you should see my kids.
So here's to finding the wonderful.
You sure do have beautiful teeth (along with the rest of you!) Great post and good reminder to be positive, even with yourself. Thanks!!
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