Yesterday I had one of those days!! It started off on the wrong note and just kept going from there. I was very emotional and quite grumpy and sometimes, just not nice. Throughout the day I found myself thinking negative thoughts about myself and thinking what a failure I am as a mother and a wife. It certainly didn't make for a happy home for anyone yesterday.
I had this impression that I should read though a little notebook of inspiration and thoughts I have written down from the past. I stopped on an entry from June 12, 2010. The thoughts were from a Stake Conference, from church (mormon.org), that I had attended. Here is what it said:
"You are what you think - Believe in myself!"
"Your thoughts will stay if you have a place to put them."
"As you change your thoughts, you can overcome your weaknesses."
"As we think and do we BECOME."
I was then reminded of something I had read the other day. It said:
"We grow in two ways...by removing negative weeds and cultivating positive flowers."
I was immediately humbled and was reminded what I needed to do. To often I get caught up in those negative thoughts. I was doing myself, and my family, no good by hounding on the negative. Okay, so I hadn't been my best that day. I needed to get rid of the negative thoughts about myself, ask for forgiveness, and have the courage to try again tomorrow. And so I did, and I have to say, today has been filled with happiness!
The Challenge: Keep the thoughts about myself positive!!
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