Two Sundays ago we had a lesson in church about optimism. We talked about always looking for the silver lining in everything, so this past week, here was my attempt at optimism:
- To the snow - at least it will warm up enough to not hang around...
- To the cold - I get to have Hot Chocolate everyday if I want...
- To Jayden pooping on the carpet (twice if you must know) - at least he took his pants and undies off. That tells me he actually knew that he needed to go poop - he is capable. Even if he doesn't want to. That means I can punish him for his naughty choice.
- To the kids not wanting to eat what I made for dinner - More for me to eat.
- To Steve working a TON - I got sole control of the TV remote.
- Jayden throwing up in the middle of the night - at least it was only once and didn't get on the carpet.
- Stake Conference on Sunday - We could play hookie and no one would know.
I know, for every ONE reason that I came up with for it to be a good thing, I can think of AT LEAST THREE different reasons why it sucked... just sayin'.
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so, what does pervades mean? never mind, I have google. I'll figure it out.
and, optimism smoptimism. Call a spade a spade. Life sucks sometimes. sorry about your week :(
oh, and for anyone else too proud to admit you didn't know:
Pervades: To be present throughout; permeate.
Your welcome.
Sorry about the throwing up. That was probably all us :(
And, I think you have to find a balance between looking for the good in things, and validating your not-so-good feelings. I think you need a good dose each of optimism and "hey things stink right now" to be able to overcome trials and move forward with your life.
So I just realized what my problem lately is. I have been having little trials like you. And I am complaining and grumbling... I have noticed when a big trial comes I usually do pretty well and work through it without all the drama. So here is what I realized. It is that exact same thing as a physical trial. If I get really hurt I usually work through it without a lot of tears but when I get a paper cut I moan and groan. So life lately has been giving me and looks like you a lot of paper cuts. I'm still not sure if my moaning and groaning is going to change but at least I feel better knowing they are just paper cuts.
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