Reprieve

Reprieve

Thought for the day:
Make the negative small and the positive big whenever possible.

We have had a reprieve from cold, nasty weather. Yesterday afternoon was cold but gorgeous here. I drove back from Lincoln with sunglasses on my face. I had not had to use them in a while. Rain is wonderful and necessary, but I get tired of the long dark days that come with a rainy spell.

I was thinking about what else we could need a reprieve from. I need a reprieve from physical pain right now. I have had several, not too serious, ailments in a row just lately and I am getting weary of what comes with pain. I am weary from the medications, side effects, loss of sleep, things like that comes with pain. I am also very grateful in many ways. I have a wonderful family, good friends, and superb Doctors that all help me when I need help and encourage me when I need to stop feeling sorry for myself and get on with life--because so often, pain is just a normal part of life that we need to pay attention to, but not give too much attention to. Giving too much attention to anything negative has a tendency to make it into something bigger than it has to be. I think we can make the positive things bigger by intentionally concentrating on them just like we can do the contrary of that. I choose to do the former whenever possible.

Have a wonderful weekend!

Take care,
MissT