Favorite Quote
Quote of the day:
"Pain is inevitable, misery is optional"
This is probably my favorite quote of all time. I feel like it can be used in almost any situation and at whatever age you are. I reminds me of my free agency. I have a choice, with whatever I have to face each day, I can choose what attitude I will have as I handle the situation. Although I can't choose the situation, I can choose how to deal with it. (I will admit I often have a stinky attitude, especially when my kids are interrupting me as I might be trying to sew, or read my favorite blogs.)
I try to remind myself misery is a choice.
Gratitudes
1. Warm days, with cool breezes
2. Hearing a great story about a friend receiving charity, and now being able to be charitable without having to be asked.
3. Mom & Dad coming to 'kidnap' one of the sick kids to give me a break.
4. Winning a bid on e-bay!!!! (I thought I wouldn't win)
5. Hearing the kids playing nicely together- without me telling them to play nice.
"Pain is inevitable, misery is optional"
This is probably my favorite quote of all time. I feel like it can be used in almost any situation and at whatever age you are. I reminds me of my free agency. I have a choice, with whatever I have to face each day, I can choose what attitude I will have as I handle the situation. Although I can't choose the situation, I can choose how to deal with it. (I will admit I often have a stinky attitude, especially when my kids are interrupting me as I might be trying to sew, or read my favorite blogs.)
I try to remind myself misery is a choice.
Gratitudes
1. Warm days, with cool breezes
2. Hearing a great story about a friend receiving charity, and now being able to be charitable without having to be asked.
3. Mom & Dad coming to 'kidnap' one of the sick kids to give me a break.
4. Winning a bid on e-bay!!!! (I thought I wouldn't win)
5. Hearing the kids playing nicely together- without me telling them to play nice.
posted by kim at
11:58 PM
1 Comments:
hi kim, nice blog, guess what, the first comment you got, from barry, lol, i was bloggin' last week, random style, and went to his blog and commented there. now i do random bloggin' again this week, come to your blog, see him here, what is that? read some of your wisdom, you are right, hang in there, i have raised a bunch of kids, it is worth all the pain, and you are right, you decide the attitude, you are in charge.
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Jim, at 05 June, 2006 00:44
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