Glass Half Full

I am a pessimist by nature.  I am a huge worrier.  I stress easily.  I usually think about how bad things could be long before I see how well it is working out.  

Hindsight is 20/20 and I am able to see the positives in the past easily.  Each night I ask the kids what their favorite part of their day was.  As I am falling asleep I think about what each member of the family did that day that made me happy.  It helps me end my day on a high note.

During the day, when I am actually living the situation, I often have to stop and redirect myself in order to see the glass half full.

For example, the kids were fighting this morning and it was getting on my nerves.  When I thought about why they were fighting, I had to smile.  It is the same fight nearly every morning. Each of the older three want to have Nellie's full attention.  Toby was upset that he could not squeeze into the one inch between Nellie and me in the bed (Lucy was already on the other side of Nellie).  Lucy was upset that when Caleb climbed in, Nellie looked at him and away from her.  Caleb was upset that he was going to leave for school and needed to get in his time before he had to leave. They resolved it on their own when Lucy, the instigator of most of these fights over Nellie, came up with the plan that Caleb gets her in the mornings since he goes to school.

We will see how long the truce lasts...see it is hard to get rid of the negative thinking, but I try to make an effort to do so every day.