It almost seems like I am having to relearn things I was once trained to do. I know it sounds funny, but its like I hear myself doing things I cannot stand and one of them is complaining. To me, complaining creates a very negative world around you and it sort of keeps in, starts small, and then one minute you wake up and notice nothing but negative things or something to complain about. The sad part, that its not like there are not good things going on around you (me), but the negative is all you (I) see. This person didn’t do this, I’m still dealing with this issue, I ran out of milk…blah, blah, blah…REALLY?
I watch my mom who is facing many challenges with her health, sure there is a time every now and then where she will say she doesn’t feel well, but she does not wallow in those things. I watch her very closely and she will get up and do something else, whether it is cooking, cleaning, calling someone on the phone, finding something funny on tv to watch, or doing something for someone else. Her focus is set, not on the issue, but on something else and I learn so much from her.
She is a great example and she keeps moving forward and thanking God for the good things and not dwelling on the bad. I am grateful to have my mom as a beautiful example and I hope to emulate the same. It’s a day by day process, with God’s grace, I hope to make that change.†