Reflection is Important

I’ve been having a nice, quiet and introspective morning home alone with my daughter today. In between floor wrestling matches, diaper changes, and break out dance parties, I’ve had some time to just sit and think. See, Becca doesn’t watch a lot of TV (we keep her to one, maybe two hours of Sesame Street at the most) so when she’s not watching TV we try to keep it off too, just so she doesn’t see us sitting zombie-like watching it all day either. This means this morning has been pretty quiet.

So, I’ve been thinking about life lately; the things I’m ecstatic about, the things I’m okay with, and the things I’m not at all happy with. In this time of thinking I was surprised by the number of things that are making me unhappy lately. I’m a pretty positive person, so I tend to always focus on what’s going right. It’s times like this morning when I realize that in my laser-like focus on the positive I start to miss some areas where I’m really sucking.

There are things I can change, for sure. Things I need to cut back on, things I need to focus more on. But there are also things that are completely outside my control that I can’t do anything about. These are the things that weigh on me the heaviest in times like these. I need to just keep focused on what I CAN do, and try not to worry too much about the things outside my control.

It’s a goal, anyway.

*sigh*

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