Humor Might Just Save Our Day!

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     I haven't written in this Blog for quite a while. It seems that I feel that I should only write when I have something profound to say or at least positive and close to my heart. The Holidays were great yet very stressful. The New Year has started, and I have a long list of goals for the Year. This is the first year since we got the children four years ago, that I have even had the energy to write down my goals and believe, that I might actually accomplish some of them. So often, I feel that I merely exist day to day. Yet, when I quit judging myself so harshly, I realize that I have actually accomplished quite a few things.

     Sometimes it is easy to get weighed down with the negative and stressful events in our lives. We may be tired, overworked, or simply lonely. Noticing the positive and especially the humor that we encounter can lift our souls. It can change the way we see an entire day. Humor does wonders in cleansing our soul.

     The past few days have been interesting. First the children were out of school for Teachers Day. I worked on the computer with a sick four-year-old on my lap much of the day. Then today, the children were out of school again due to an ice storm. While I worked in my office on my computer, finishing up projects for clients, my children were in the kitchen pretending to be servants. They were washing the kitchen floor and then drying it with my clean dishtowels. I found this distraction both irritating and humorous. I did not let them see me laugh, but I did laugh. I guess they were trying to be Cinderella or something.

     Observing our children in order to catch them being pleasant is so much more rewarding than focusing on their misbehavior or mischievousness. Humor might just save our day.