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| “If you can’t say something nice, don’t say nothing at all.” |
Thumper had it half right. It is every bit as important to actually say nice things.
So last week I was basically throwing a fit... umm... ever since I started working full time I just lose it emotionally about once a week. My husband is pretty good at dealing with this, but he was getting fed up and he told me that I was being really ungrateful and I was doing way too much complaining.
A few years ago Dan helped me learn to be more thankful by teaching me to verbalize my gratitude. I was really surprised how this simple act really made see so much more to be thankful for. Saying out loud "Thank you for *specific thing*" actually made me feel more thankful. I also learned not to take so much for granted, their was a lot lot be thankful for!
Well... last week he told me that complaining about stuff actually makes you feel even worse about whatever it is you are complaining about and that attitude will cary over to the rest of your life as well. That should have been so obvious, but somehow I missed it.
My husband is amazing at not complaining. I know he has plenty of things he could complain about, but it just isn't his way of life to do that. I really look up to him for this! I am queen at complaining. I am so good at it I don't even know I am doing it! I need to work on this. I am instituting Thankful Tuesdays on my blog where I will find at least five things from the past week to be thankful about.
I am thankful that:
- My husband is honest with me.
- My husband is so willing to do what it takes to get my health fixed up.
- My initial appointment with my oral surgeon is over and I feel confidant with him as a doctor.
- The family I work for let me take their 9month old daughter to my appointment so I wouldn't have to wait till summer. (p.s. She was really good all day! Not fussy! Made the day so much easier.)
- The Dad I work for is a sleep technician. He won't be doing my study, but it has been really helpful knowing someone in the field!
- My husband cleans up around the house.
- We made it to church for the third week in a row!
- We went to home group for the first time and seemed to fit right in (even though everyone else is at least 30years older than us.) Plus there was good food!
Yay! That was more than five things. Now I have to be on the lookout for things to be thankful for this week.
What have you experienced this past week that you are thankful for?
