Letting happiness catch up

I was looking over my last few posts and gosh, I really sound down in the mouth, don’t I?  As if nothing in life is good. But life is good!  In the midst of dishing out tough love to one of my children, struggling to stay focused and cool tempered in this unbearable heat, I must pause and remember, life IS good.

Maybe I need to stop and let happiness catch up.

I think I’ll list a few things in no particular order that make me happy.  Maybe if I name a few things it will help diffuse some of the unhappiness.

COFFEE

It should be clear to all involved I love my coffee.  One of my simplest pleasures of each day is that first sip of coffee in the morning. 

CLEAN SHEETS

Although the washing and making the bed back up isn’t high on my love list I love the way fresh, clean sheets smell.  When I’m stressed, laying down and smelling the goodness of freshly washed linen is wonderful.

KITTIES

Perhaps I am a certifiable cat lady but I love cats.  I especially like when one of my two furry babies lies down next to me and begins to purr.  Cats aren’t shy of showing their contentment so why should we?

COFFEE WITH FRIENDS

Now you may think this is a continuation of my first entry and it may be but my running DIVAS and I have a favorite coffee shop.  After runs and sometimes just as a place to get together and share coffee, fellowship and delicious noms we adjourn to our “Official DIVA Coffee Shop”.  It is difficult to stay down in the mouth when you are surrounded by friends.  You know those people that choose you even though they know your bad crap.

LAUGHTER

Although there isn’t a lot of laughter going on at our house at the moment I do love to laugh.  This morning after having to be hard with my daughter I was left stressed and feeling a bit foggy because we all know no mother likes having to be the bad guy, the one that dishes out tough love and leaving with one of the loves of your life giving you the cold shoulder.  Even though I received no response I was sure to tell her I loved her when I left.  But now that some of the dust has temporarily settled I realize I need to have a dose of some of the best medicine, laughter.  It doesn’t always solve the problem or make them go away, but it makes everything a little more bearable. 

MORE

There are more things that I love but of course too many to list here.  I will do my best to remember at least one of them every day to remind myself that my life is full and good.

This is the day the LORD has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it ~ Psalm 118:24