Friday, November 2, 2007

A whole month!?!

Did I really let a month go by without posting? I guess that lets you know just how busy I am.
A few words of wisdom from a friend: "When you don't like doing something, people can tell." He said it almost off the cuff without giving much thought to it, but the idea stuck with me. You can't hide your thoughts about how you feel, but on the same note, you can hide how you feel by changing you thoughts. Let me explain with an example. When you don't like doing something, you wear your expressions on your face, in your body language, and most especially, in your excitement (or lack thereof.) But if you change the way you think about the things you are doing, you can honestly change your expressions. I don't like cleaning our bathroom, but I do like seeing Grace happy because she loves a clean bathroom, so I will happily clean the bathroom. Or I don't like doing paperwork, but I do like getting paid, therefore, I will be happy doing paperwork in order to get paid. The moral of the story is: don't get grumpy when you have to do something you hate; think about something you like while you are doing the something you hate :)

1 comment:

grace said...

Thank you! Your perspective is great! You really are a brilliant husband!