As I mentally prepared myself to go back to work, I tried to think positively about it and not dread it. I knew that dreading the day would only make things harder and make the situation worse. Honestly, that mindset helped a lot. I was able to remain upbeat and the week went really well. I am not attributing the success of the week just to my positive thinking; I know that God played a huge part in the way things played out and I really had a sense of peace about everything. However, I am constantly reminding myself of the power of our minds and how I can use my mind to make things better.
Living with an eternal optimist really encourages my drive for positive thinking. Before you start thinking I am all optimistic and stuff, I have to tell you that Ben's positivity sometimes drives me crazy. I'm all "can't you just let me whine about this for one minute?!" :) Forcing me to look at the positive side of things and put things in perspective is one way that Ben helps make me a better person and for that I am thankful.
When I get down or become negative, I am reminded of this verse in Philippians 4:
Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things.(verse 8)
That verse is preceded by "Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus. In my Bible I have written, "Dwell on your blessings while God works out your problems.
Yesterday, my mom sent me this article which I found very motivating. It is about thinking big, thinking outside the box, and acknowledging the power of your mind. The main points that spoke to me in this article are:
1. Invest time strengthening your strengths.
2. Spend your life on your passion. "This is what you were created to do."(Do you know what your passion is?)
3. Deposit your energies into the creation of products and services that will add value to the lives of others.
4. Choose to see abundance, be abundance, and live abundance, but never at the expense of others.
If you have time, it is worth the read!
And for you moms out there, I stumbled across this website, last night while reading an article on PW's blog about the effects of school on creative children (yeah, I guess you could say it's a little early for that). Anyway, that website (coolmompicks) has a really great recommended reading list that you might want to check out. I think I will be reading a lot of those books in the future.
And I leave you with this:
My little man is three months old today!! Can you tell that he was DONE with this photo shoot? I was taking pictures of him this morning ( I will post the Three Month post once I get them edited) and we were doing some shots in vintage outfits. First I put him in a Feltman Bros outfit that belonged to my brother, Matt, that was complete with matching shoes. Then, I remembered the p.j.s pictured above which is what Ben and both of his brothers wore home from the hospital when they were born. I had intended to take Mason's pictures in those a while back (like, when they would fit him) but forgot about it. When Mason came home from the hospital he was only 6 pounds 3 oz so the outfit would've swallowed him whole at the time (since his daddy was a whopping 8 lbs 12 oz when he was born). Anyway, this morning the p.j.'s barely snapped (I didn't even attempt to snap the top one) and Mason was not having it! Needless to say, I have pictures of him in his daddy's outfit, but they all look like the one above. That picture is a bit deceiving because Mason was an absolute angel during the whole event until I tried to put those on him! You will see when I post the others later on.
Have a great day!
1 comment:
Thanks for sharing your encouragement. Glad your first week back was good :) You are doing a great job! Mason is so cute!
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