Magical Moments...30 days of Gratitude...Day 8 & 9

Patience is definitely a virtue, and so very difficult. If this is ever completely obtained, enlightenment must be near. Keeping calm when someone insists on whistling, slurping soup, gulping their water, smacking their lips, sniffling, and a multitude of other annoying sounds, is about the most difficult thing to do. There is a way and it isn't as hard as it seems. Focus on something else. It is something we tell our kids all the time when their sibling is annoying them, yet it is not something we do automatically. I wear headphones. A lot. I don't always have them turned on, but it is an easy way for me to mask the sounds around me while I am trying to concentrate. It is my way of coping with the world around me when I want to come unglued. Turn on some music or the TV or some other means of distraction and your patience will hold. Take a deep breath and don't allow it to have an power over your emotions.

Magical Moments Day #8

1. Yellow butterflies.  I always focus on yellow butterflies when I am feeling down.  I saw so many today!  That helps me to feel like I am on the right path and everything is well.
2. Finding pennies (and pickles). Rylee kept finding pennies and she only picked them up when they were heads up.  If they weren't, she would flip them over so that the next person that came along would fine a gem.  Funny, but we were looking for pickles, and no one had them, and then we found a hidden sign for them in a little bucket.  Right by the bucket, we found 3 pennies all heads up.  Must be doing things right.
3. Finding peace.  Sometimes you have to find a compromise in order to find peace.  Other times you need to stand your ground and forget about the compromise.  Sometimes you just have to be all that you can be.  Sure, take other people's feeling into consideration, but it all boils down to your happiness.  You don't have to live inside other people's heads, so worry about your own.  Don't let other people walk all over you and be your best.

Magical Moments Day #9

1. Beauty in non-natural situations.  Things in nature are beautiful.  Really, nature itself is quite beautiful.  Other times it is pretty amazing to see what the human mind can create.  We were so fortunate to get to see both of the attractions at Animal Kingdom in Pandora.  Both parts were so imaginative and creative, I couldn't get enough.  I had not seen Avatar when we went in, and wasn't overly excited about seeing it, but we were curious about the new parts, so went anyway.  I was completely blown away.  I teared up due to the visuals and audio soundtrack for both rides.  Just amazing.  Sometimes, our expectations are far less than the reality.  Imagine the best and create that in your mind.  It is the best way to go.
2. Rain Rain.  Wow, did it rain.  And rain and rain and rain.  Brady had a fit about the level of wetness.  I was wet and figured, that I couldn't get any wetter, so what is the big deal.  You have to look at the issue at hand and decide if you can find the fun.  Puddles that I normally would have avoided, I stepped right in the middle of and enjoyed the warm water rushing over my toes.  I also talked to  a couple little girls who were giggling as they ran out of the rain.  I asked them if they NORMALLY got to play in the rain and they said "no".  I said, "then enjoy it and get soaking wet".  It is so important for us to find the fun in every situation.
3. Pizza, not for me anymore.  We USED to eat pizza several times a week.  It was yummy and EASY.  Since February, we have managed our diets in a completely different way.  We were a little nervous about going on vacation and eating the way we "used" to eat, but figured, eating pizza at our favorite Disney pizza place couldn't be a big deal.  Boy, was I wrong.  We both got tummy aches and could barely sleep because of the pizza.  We decided that we wouldn't do that anymore.  It just goes to show you that just a couple of changes in your normal routine will make you feel completely differently about normal things.

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