Hello again and welcome to mindfulness and motherhood! I’ll give you a heads up now, I’m going to ramble a bit more about the reason were both here. I asked last week if your glass was half empty or half full. Have you thought about it? There’s no right or wrong answer, but getting your perspective to the half full perspective is the road we’re going to travel down. I’m no rocket scientist, I don’t have a degree or a fancy job title to match. I don’t have all my ducks in a row, and if I’m being 100% my ducks are scattered all over the place. Occasionally they line up for a moment, but I think that’s the beauty of life..learning how to indulge in all the imperfectness of our imperfections.
Being aware of our perspective. That’s the message were here to discuss. Have you ever noticed that bad things happen in threes? Have you tried maintaining an energetic and cheerful attitude when life just keeps throwing you curve balls? I know, this can be difficult, but it can help you so much!
Not only can being aware of your reactions benefit your own happiness, but everyone else around you. I’m sure you’ve been around someone who just can’t seem to put on a smile, how did their behavior effect your mental status? When we focus on the bad, more bad things will happen. If we tune into the positive things that are happening to us and around us we begin to see brighter situations manifesting. Try it for a week and tell me how you feel.
Like I said, I’m no rocket scientist and I don’t have it all together. What I can bring to you is my own experiences. With 24 years of life and 4 years of mom life, I could rant for days about all the obstacles that have been tossed at me. I’ve struggled with self esteem, postpartum depression, loss of self worth, and the battles of not knowing if I’m raising my children how they should be raised. If your mental state is in the dumps right now, I feel ya and I’ve been there. The great thing is that not a single person on this planet has more control over your happiness than you.
I’m human, which really means that I consist of a boat load of imperfections. I strive to be that perfect mom, you know the one who is always on top of laundry and bakes cookies? I know that will never be me, because I’m more of a let the mess wait because there are memories to be made kind of mom. You can take what I say with a grain of salt or you can live it for yourself. I can’t guarantee your success, because that’s something you control. You will get back what you put into the world. Radiate happiness and the world will give it right back even brighter than before, that I can promise you.
Face it, none of us are perfect so let’s just learn to embrace it! We’ll talk more about maintaining a positive state of well being and raising happy kids. That is, if you decide to come back for advice from the lady who’s loses her ducks once in a while. I do have one favor to ask. Make a list of things that bring joy to your life, take time to think about how you can incorporate more of it into your life. It could be simple things, like you love mango smoothies and you plan to fill your glass half full each morning with it.
Parenting With Patience 