Hello again, and thank you for reading my blog <3 Hope you are all having a wonderful day!
I have said before that I don't think that gratitude fixes grief.
But I also think I should point out that people who grieve can totally be thankful for the good things in their life. And people who grieve can find happiness again. But even in their happiness, they will always miss the person they love.
For me, even on the best and the most brightest days. I still miss Elijah like crazy.
And just because I miss Elijah, that does not mean that I do not love my life. I am finding out everyday that I really do love my life and I am so thankful for everything good in it.
I have been working at being more thankful and living in the present moment, and I am much happier doing this.
You see, for a long time I had been telling myself that I will be happier when I have an exciting life that is unique and adventurous; And somehow I didn't notice that I had been living that very life all along.
Like for real, I am a mom to some wild and crazy boys and I homeschool them! On top of that, I am also a children's book author and an It Works Distributor! I am married to a gorgeous man who is going to be an MMA fighter, and our family has a pet squirrel. lol. I would say that my life is definitely unique and adventurous! And you know what? I LOVE IT! I love our crazy messy weird life. I LOVE IT!
I don't love the part where I have to live without Elijah, but I DO LOVE spreading his love everyday and that we are changing the world with his love.
Don't let your life pass you by while you wait for something to change so you can be happy! Be still for a moment tonight and find the good things that you have going for you and chose to be happy now.
And it could be that you just have one thing to be thankful for, and that is okay. Start there. Find that little thing that makes you happy and build on that.
I know I sound really cheesy you guys, but one of my biggest goals is to change the world for Elijah, and if I can just start right here in this blog with making one person feel better about their life, then I will have made a very important difference in this world
I honestly care about you, and I want you to be happy. But most of all, I want you to want to be happy.
OKAY???
Alright, today was the second day of my three day compliment challenge, and I am happy to report that it went MUCH better than the first day.
There were still a few people that I didn't compliment, because it was still really awkward or it was such a rushed interaction that I didn't have time to find something to say.
Like at the post office, I totally blanked and at the very last minute commented how quiet it was, which was really strange and totally not a compliment lol. But it was better than nothing I suppose.
I found that it is much easier to compliment people online because I had time to think the compliments through. And I did give out tons of compliments today on Facebook! Yay!
In person, I had to be quick and clever. So I think this will take more practice.
I did however, thank the clerk at Walmart for her patience as she checked out my groceries and my children decided to run around like mad men.
And I did see an old friend and I commented on how much I liked her jewelry!
So I am going to say, that today was a pretty successful day of complimenting!
One more day to go! Let's make a commitment to ALL do better at complimenting people face to face tomorrow.
I would love to hear if you had any luck with your complimenting challenge! How did it make you feel when you were giving out compliments? Did you make anyone smile? Tell me all about it!
Hope you all have the sweetest dreams tonight. Go out there and compliment the heck out of everyone you meet tomorrow...You totally got this!
And of course, please keep praying for our world. Pray for our country. Pray for my family. Pray for me. Pray for you! And always always, pray for my sweet sweet Elijah.
Thank you.
Hi my sweet boy.
Hi my little sunflower.
I see now that I can start here.
I can change the world for you even if I don't have much to give,
because I have all the love it takes.
And I get that love from you.
You and I kiddo,
we are going to make some big things happen.
I can feel it.
I love and miss you so much Elijah.
Always.
<3
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