Life is a beautful gift from God

My life is the most beatuiful gift and while those that know me will say i whinge and whine alot...i truely am thankful for everything i have...

Things are going really well at the moment...i feel as though God is smiling down on me....not sure why...lol...but I sure am happy and content to bask in the blessings He is bestowing upon me.

I think its far too easy to dwell in the misfortunate things that happen to us and around us...and much harder to focus on all the amazing things that are given to us each and every day. Our lives can flurry along and sometimes we can tend to feel as though we are being left behind with nothing to show for our days but dirty dishes and the washing pile that keeps growing and growing...but instead of looking at these thing as the markers of whether we have been successful or productive..whether we are a good or neglective mother,wife or friend...

prehaps we should look at who have we hugged today...

how many times did we smile or make someone else smile...

did we forgive quickly and not hold a grudge that will only weigh us down...

did we love someone with everything we have...

did we sit and watch our children...really look them in the eye and listen to them when they try to tell us something that is important to them (even though it seems trivial to us)...

did we call that person that is on our hearts or send them a txt to let them know we are thinking of them...

have we fed our loved ones not just physically but emotionally...

did we give of ourselves today to make someone elses day a little better...

Are not these the things that truely matter at the end of the day...

the things we should measure our productivity on...

I want to be the best person I can be in all areas of my life...(and I will be the first to admit that I am waaaayyyy off the mark)...and I truely believe that to be a better person I need to look at the measures I put on myself...my priorities...my motives...my heart...

I want my husband to be able to stand at our 50th Wedding Anniversary and say that was a faithful, loving, supportive woman that is proud to have as his wife...and the same goes for my children...I want them to know how important they are to me and how blessed I feel to be their mother...not because I told them...but because I showed them that everyday of their lives.