I work at being happy. Maybe I should use the phrase "content with my lot" because that more accurately describes how I feel. No life is perfect and we all have crosses to bear but we also have great beauty in our lives if we don't close our eyes to it. It's easy to ignore the good in your life when you're besieged by sometimes sad and unbearable issues but that's when we have to work harder to dwell on the good.
One of my great blessings showed up yesterday to teach me how to use some of the details in my new car. That's my Matt! He was very kind and very patient with me as he taught me things like how to understand the back up camera, how to tell when my tires were low (one of the sensors wasn't working so I have to take the car in tomorrow to fix that), and he set a bunch of things I didn't even know the car offered me. I can only take in so much detail at once so he kept it to a minimum. He also loves my car!
Of all my grandchildren, it's always been Matt who gave me more of his time and company. He was such a little hellion when he was little...who would have expected he'd be the one to care the most? Matt has a lovely new girlfriend that we're all very happy with, too. It really matters when you can relax that your children or grandchildren have made good choices with their life mates and mine seem to be doing just fine.
Today is when I usually take my Sunday drive but it's a not so nice day to go driving. It's cloudy, windy, damp, and everything i hate about late fall in Canada. Nonetheless, I'm still happy to be safely at home with my "socialist" health care system!
Yes, no life is perfect but we all have perfect moments and that's what I choose to dwell on and not the bad stuff in my life.
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