I will give thanks to you, Lord, with all my heart; I will tell of all your wonderful deeds. I will be glad and rejoice in you; I will sing the praises of your name, O Most High.
Psalm 9:1-2
So, my husband thinks that I live in fantasyland.
I love all things happy, joyful… You name it, Bright Colors, Dancing, Singing, Disney, Flowers, Swinging. I just don’t understand when people are mean, why hurt people hurt people, when things get escalated; I just wish everyone got along. Call me a Pollyanna if you will.
I get that hard things happen…have you seen anything in my life, but I just choose not to dwell there. I choose to live my life with a smile on my face an extra skip to my step. I choose to dance down the line at a funeral procession, so that I can thank everyone for taking the time to be with my family.
Whenever negativity erupts around me I back away, I ask why, I walk out, I want to run away or I try to calm down the situation because someone else’s negativity makes me more angry if I don’t let it die off.
I’ve been talked about, felt unwelcome, my children have complained, and I’ve been misjudged all within the past 2 weeks (even on Easter), and it down right hurts….but if I don’t let it go, if I don’t turn those negative thoughts into thankful thoughts, I become a grouch. I become depressed. Not the person or the Life God gave me to live, one of Abundant Joy.
I JUST DONT GET HOW ANYONE CAN LIVE IN THAT KIND OF WAY.
So, instead, I choose to give thanks. I thank the LORD every morning for all He does for me. When my kids get into the Negative Nancy mood, I have them write out 3 things they are thankful for and then they keep going. I walked on a clean floor this morning and I thanked my husband for how nice it felt to my feet. Giving thanks makes my heart happy.
Even if all is dark, I will choose to be light, and declare the good things the Lord has done.
Ya’ll I feel the hurt others do to me, I just choose not to dwell there. I will look that hurt in the face and smile. I will joke and laugh, when someone has tried to deplete me because for me it is better to laugh than to cry. I will live in my own little fantasyland, aka Heaven on earth, because God has been so good to me.
My fantasyland is filled with light and when darkness tries to push its way in, I push back with thanks and prayer. I push back with the truth of God’s wonderful deeds, and I will be glad and rejoice for all He has done!
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