My word for this year is JOY. I’ve been working hard to practice living my word. I've worked to find the JOY in things and to bring JOY to others. I've been practicing my word but I definitely have more practicing to do before I get good at my word.
This weekend I noticed that I kept getting a notification on the dashboard of my car that said I needed to add air to my back tire. After doing so and then getting the notification again, I knew that I probably had a slow leak. So, after school on Wednesday I stopped at Tire Discounters. They told me they would fix my tire but it would be about and hour and fifteen minutes before they could have it finished. I called my husband who was busy driving kids here and there so I decided to sit and wait. Soon I got impatient. I started to feel annoyed and my mind was filled with all of the things I had planned on doing when I got home from school -laundry -make dinner -pack lunches -help kids with homework -open mail -and the list went on and on… Then my thoughts shifted to “poor me”. I thought, “Why do I have to be sitting here in this tire store. I’m busy.” In that moment I was practicing a skill that I’d gotten very good at over the years-COMPLAINING. I was doing the opposite of my word. So, I quickly paused my negative self-talk and decided to take a deep breath and find JOY in my situation. Here is the JOY is chose to find: -I was sitting down! I never get to sit and do nothing! -Discount tire was playing country music throughout the store! My favorite! -I had a snack in my bag! Woohoo-protein bar -I had caught the hole in the tire BEFORE ending up with a flat on the side of the road. -The people at Discount Tire are SO nice. -I had put dinner in the crock pot before I left home that morning so Justin could easily scoop food onto plates for everyone! -I was only five minutes from home, so as soon as my tire was fixed, I’d be home in no time. Instantly my stress decreased, I felt calm and I didn’t mind my current situation at all. Was my situation ideal? No, of course not! But, was I able to find some good in it? Absolutely! And that one our and fifteen minutes soon turned into an hour and a half. Many times throughout that ninety minutes my thoughts drifted back to the negative. I had to intentionally control my thoughts. I had a TOUGH practice session on Wednesday, but I'm glad it happened. What do you practice? Take a minute to listen to the words of this wise little boy as he challenges us to consider what we practice.
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