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We celebrated our 50th wedding anniversary in 2008. Our children helped us celebrate with an all expense paid all arranged vacation In Hawaii.
Monday, July 13, 2009
If you begin the day expecting to enjoy it, something good is going to happen.
But if you get out of bed feeling pessimistic, or filled with dread, anxiety, and fear, your day is ruined before it even begins. You'll misinterpret even the things that are sent to bless you.
Take the lady whose husband decided, after twenty years, to take a shower at the gym before coming home. For the first time ever, he brought her flowers, walking in through the front door instead of through the garage. When he rang the doorbell, with a smile on his face and a gift in his hand, she opened it up and began to cry.
He asked her why she was so upset and she said: "Billy broke his leg at school, a pipe burst in the basement, your mother called and said she was coming over for a week, and if that's not bad enough, YOU HAD TO COME HOME DRUNK!"
Funny how when our expectations are low we interpret even good things as bad.
5 comments:
thanks for the laugh! This is great!
thoughts, words....are very powerful
and why we need to take them all captive and obey Christ!
love and blessings!
could I have your email again?
Clif,
How sad is it to see things in a tainted way. What should have made this wife's mood change for the better was looked upon in a negative light.
Thanks for giving me a brighter outlook on life.
Love and Hugs ~ Kat
That joke reminds me of the first time Johnny brought me flowers. It had not been his habit, and I did not believe him when he swore that he only bought them to make me happy.
He declared then and there that next time he had an impulse, he'd save his money!
LOL! My husband brought me yellow roses today! He does this a lot, and I don't get suspicious!
We do have more power than we think, if we believed this we would choose our actions and attitudes more carefully, wouldn't we?
Katherine
A powerful truth . . . our expectations. Recently I started focusing on my intention before each task or interaction - it is amazing when we take time out to think and pray about something before diving in what a difference it makes in our attitude, perspective and approach and thus the results.
Rachel
www.stirringthedeep.com
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