Seeing the Glass Half-Full and Celebrating the Little Things
Can I be real with y’all for a tick? (As if I’m not already all the time)… I almost didn’t want to do a High Five for Friday post today.
I’ve kinda had one of those weeks where I’ve just felt down. Overwhelmed. In over my head. The little things are adding up and I could feel that I’m just worn out. I’m trying to go at a pace that’s not realistic and I’m trying to do it all.
And sometimes you have to just take a breath and realize that you can’t do it all. And you shouldn’t try to.
So, I’ve spent just a little bit more time in prayer this week and a little bit more time talking with the Lord asking for extra patience, extra grace, and extra all-of-it.
And it’s those moments where that still small voice of the Lord speaks to my heart and says, “Yeah, Molly. You might be tired. You might be overwhelmed. You might be [INSERT X HERE]. But I won’t give you anything I know you can’t handle. And look at all that I’ve blessed you with.”
And that’s when I feel like a turtle who just wants to hide in her shell. I am so blessed and I know that. I know that wallowing in my own self pity for a few days and feeling down is doing no one any good. I’m doing a disservice to myself, to my husband, and to Lilly.
Sure, it’s okay to sometimes just not be okay. But, the fact is, it’s not okay to STAY not okay. So, it’s in those moments where we just gotta pick ourselves up by our own bootstraps, put on our big girl (or boy) pants, and learn from whatever it is that we’re going through.
And to just see the glass as half full. Look at the little things in life. Count the little blessings. Smile at the little moments. And realize how dang lucky we really are.
There. There’s your deep thought for the day. Or month. Whathaveyou.
With that being said, here are the little moments and the little blessings for the week that I’m smiling at:
1. When I get ready in the morning (which is very quickly, I might add), Lilly and Audrey like to hang out with me. Love my girls. Who knows where Tater is? Probably off chewing on a bone while Audrey isn’t looking… haha!
2. I reorganized Lilly’s bow collection. Yes, I realize she has a bajillion bows. In my humble opinion, you can NEVER have too many bows. 🙂
3. I drove up to Petersburg, VA on Wednesday to meet my life-long best friend, her boyfriend, and her mama for lunch. I hadn’t seem them since our wedding (she lives out in Colorado) – and it was SO SO SO good to just catch up, have them meet Lilly, and spend a few hours seeing each other. Love them so much and SO blessed that they’ve been in my life my WHOLE life.
4. Fall walks with my little girl warm my heart.
5. Lilly got to meet her Great GREAT Aunt last weekend. And tomorrow (Saturday), we’re heading to visit John’s grandmother and have Lilly meet her great grandmother AND her great GREAT grandmother! I am so excited that I’ll be able to tell Lilly how she met and spent time with her great GREAT grandmother! How cool is that?
What little moments of your week are making YOU smile?
Wow – thanks so much for sharing. This post is so powerful, I’m sure it will give strength to everybody who finds your blog and I hope that this also gives you strength because you deserve it!
perspective…sometimes the little things get us through.
Aw my friend, we all have those weeks! I hope the weekend has been peaceful and relaxing!
Oh, girl, I was in that place just a few weeks ago. It will get better, and I love that you are looking at things positively. I hope you can take some time, even if it’s just a few minutes, just for you so that you can reflect and refocus. That’s what helped me. And that is so cute that Lilly and Audrey get ready with you and Tater goes off! My Dino (cat) and Jessie get ready with me, while my Chester stays in bed as long as possible.
I love this “It’s not okay to STAY not okay.” So true! Sorry you’ve had a rough week. Balancing life with kids can be a hard one. I am not even sure if that is what you are struggling with, but I sure know it is what I struggle with a lot.
Hang in there, Molly! I have had my share of blahs and I too love focusing on the little things. Such a blessing to see an old friend 🙂
Oh man, I have been off my blogging game lately. Since going back to work, I just haven’t had the energy and I can’t get ahead enough on the weekends. Oh well, I am just gonna have to be okay with some crickets around the blog…
Lily is just SUCH a little sweetpea. I love seeing pictures of her!
Her bow collection is so cute!
~Ashley @ A Cute Angle
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I know how hard it is to push yourself into doing something that you are really not in the mood to do, but just remember that everything seems impossible, until it’s done!
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Molly, I really needed to read this post today. I have just been in such a slump and have been such a grouch lately and it really is no fun. I do need to snap out of it. Some more prayer time wouldn’t hurt.
I hope you enjoy your family filled weekend, sounds wonderful.
This is a good strategy, as long as you don’t ignore you need to process through the okay. Don’t be too hard on yourself, as a new Mama there’s a lot going on behind the scenes in your mind, body and soul. Let it process. (sorry, my counseling degree kicks in sometimes 🙂
In the meantime, I love the little moments strategy. I want to share one of mine – this keeps me going when I feel moments of despair, sadness and exhaustion.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzRF3cDIPQw
it is more than OK to feel not OK with all that you are doing right now 🙂 keeping another human alive while also trying to be a good wife, dog mom and working is no joke. its the little things that will start to make a difference like an unexpected shower or new sound or giggle. hang in there friend, maybe when things slow down we can have another playdate :)))
brooke @ tigers dont lose sleep
I love that. “It’s not okay to STAY not okay. “
Your week sounds like how I feel . . . Well, almost all the time.
I often feel like the world moves way too fast for me, like I am running on a different clock than the rest of the world and mine is forever behind. It’s probably a factor of my flavor of Autism, but I am just naturally inclined to slow – paced work where I can take my time and get it right, which I don’t think anyone values anymore, as I am reminded of every time I read a job ad, because the words ‘fast paced’ or ‘multitasking’, things which I definitely do not want in my next job or in my life in general, appear in every one. Every time I go to work, I have to keep up a pace that is unsustainable for me, and I feel like I am letting my co – workers down every time I get behind, which happens nightly. I’ve also been clinically depressed most of my adult life, so I suppose I naturally see the glass as half empty if I don’t automatically assume the contents of the glass are poisonous. I often feel like the world just doesn’t have a place for me at all.
It’s the reason I need to be reminded by people who are naturally positive, like Kristi and you and most of my more optimistic friends, that there are good things in life as well, and I do have a place in it, and a purpose, probably one that I just haven’t discovered yet (though I do feel I am in the right place at the right time most often when I am in front of my computer writing, so that probably has something to do with it), and that this too, shall pass. It’s just a matter of hanging on until it does.
little moments are so important! These all seem precious and just stay patient and do only what you can~ have a good weekend!