Sometimes I’m not in the mood to write a “happy” post.
There, I said it.
Sometimes I find myself taking inventory of the less
positive goings on in my life. A couple times I’ve told myself this happy
project is lame. And I’ve almost stopped doing it a few times. Because it’s easy
to find the negative things on certain days. It’s not always easy to see beauty
and joy in ordinary life. But I want to be the type of person who does find
happiness everywhere… And so I work on it – all the time. And that’s why I
really enjoy this project… If you’re so inclined, I encourage you to join in.
It really does shift the focus from dwelling on the negative, to always looking
out and being aware of the positive. And truly, positivity attracts more
positivity. So please consider doing it:
With that said, my happy moment today was helping a friend
and her son get 500 sandwiches ready for local homeless folks. We signed up to
make 100 sandwiches. Peyton and one of her friends took the first shift. John
and I covered the second. Of course John turned it in to a major competition.
Did I not know he was the best sandwich maker on the planet? His peanut butter
spreading technique is recognized across nations for being superior. His jelly
to peanut butter ratio is but perfection… I managed to eek out some (sub-par)
pb&j’s myself, all the while smack talking with my husband…
Does it not put life in perspective when you think that perhaps
a pb&j may be the best meal you receive all day? No matter how difficult a
situation I may struggle with, I know that I am fed and that my kids will never
be hungry. Sometimes looking at life though another person’s eyes who is
struggling in a way most of us cannot comprehend, makes me realize just how
fortunate I am. Helping somebody else, no matter how big or small makes me
happy.
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