A New Perspective!

Today I'm again sitting in the hotel room, but this time with a new perspective. I spent a little time reflecting on my previous post, (the Not in Arizona Anymore post), and suddenly came to the realization that sometimes I need a mentality adjustment.
Here I am with this beautiful baby boy who is all mine and makes the cutest noises and funniest facial expressions, AND I don't have to miss a single one! I'm here for them all! I have no need to try to leave or have take him anywhere or drop him off while I go to work. I can just sit back and relax and enjoy his company while ordering food that's delivered to my door and I don't have to wash dishes or clean house!
What was I thinking!? Life's great!

Now, I'm not saying this at all to gloat, but to share how there's two ways to look at life. There's focusing on the negative or focusing on the positive, its optimism verses pessimism. Its so easy to spiral downwards and throw yourself a "pity party" (as my husband calls it), but its just as easy to turn around and look at all the blessings in your life. Its entirely up to you.
I read a short article in this month's American Baby Magazine entitled, "Lighten Up, Mama!" the point of the article was to avoid anxiety-eating for new mom's, but it got me thinking about more than just my eating habits. The author writes: "Focus on the good. To break a nerve-addled thought pattern, jot down what's going well in your life, or a highlight in your day. Realize you can choose what to think about- you'll herald happy thoughts."
It was the eye opener I needed. Life is all about choices, we make decisions that dictate our lives everyday. We make decisions that influence the lives of others everyday. Whether we're working inside the home, caring for children and a husband, or we're leaving our homes each morning and surrounding ourselves with others, either way we touch other's lives and can either help raise them up or drag them down.

This is an important lesson, I want my home to be a home of peace, a home of happiness, and a home of love. The mother is the heart of the home, she needs to be the one to harness these characteristics everyday. This is on of my core focuses on my path to becoming a Molly Mormon... And I'll need to tackle it one day at a time :)