Do you have a happy picture of yourself? Is there a picture you look at and say "Oh, look how happy I was."
This picture of my cousin and her soon to be sister in law to me looks like what Happy really looks like. Sun and smiles. So cool. My cousin is done with school, planning a wedding, enjoying her summer. Happy. No stress. No worries. Excellent. Just as life should be.
So find your happy picture. Is it current? Or is it an old one? Maybe you need a new one. I do. I need a picture that shows the happy me. Not the stressed or worried me. Not the uncertain me. The "I have everything in order" me. I think I need to get that happy first. Not that I am unhappy so much. I just spend too much time stressed and worried and uncertain.
Go find you happy I think that's what summer is all about, getting some happy.
2 comments:
I love this topic. My happy pic is my Mr. No-Hump/Celtic Faire myspace pic. My smile is even kinda cheezy and big, but it was just so hilarious. How funny that guy was, with that sign on his butt, a rubber chicken to his side, another sign that says I fear no weevil, and I think a fly swatter. Jen spotted that guy out too, I'm so thankful she did....great moment! Your Mr. No Hump is just around the corner.
Val
I have a recent one, I think you saw it. It was a free me, a smiling me, a 'I just had a super day and night me'. Did I feel a slight guilty I didn't have the kids with me? Maybe for a minute. But then, notsomuch. I deserved it. We all do. All us gals. And all our guys. We always know where homebase is---but to be free and let the soul loose for a moment, to have a guy come sit by you at the bar and think you are 28 and want to talk to you, to talk with him, and finally throw your left hand with it's wedding ring on it in his face and see his face fall for a split second, to tell him you have three kids, to see how absolutely handsome he is and realize he wants to talk to you anyway and keep sitting there, those moments. I walked away a little more confident, a little more reminded that life is going on and it's ok to take part in it. You, me, anyone, it's ok. It really is. I went right back home and happily so with a tiny pep in my step. I hope it lasts for a while because it'll probably be a while till that happens again. Go get it. Take the tail of fun and hang on, go on, do it. Let go after a minute till you feel more fulfilled. Just for a second. If you don't take care of yourself, it's really hard to truly take care of your family. Too much stress, resentment, and other complicated feelings get in the way.
Love you!
Jenn
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