Post #700--Learning a Good Lesson--Yes, my cup is half full

This last month has not been very pleasant.

The first few days began okay, then I had a very unpleasant experience that drove me into a bit of a funk that took a few weeks to emerge from.

And then there is the transition factor our family is in...we made the decision to leave the church we had been attending for the past nine years. We left on very good terms, and, I believe, in the right way, but it has still been a difficult transition.

And work has been very demanding. I am working at Kellogg High School doing a lot more, and I am only suppose to work 19.5 hours a week, and I already am over hours by about 50 or more.

It has been a month of discouragement, sadness, despair...just being out of sorts.

Now there has been some high parts....visiting IEG and JEJ in Kettle Falls was one of them.

But I have to believe that God knew when things were being planned for my PEO group, and I was scheduled to speak on Optimism, that He knew I was going to need to plan and give that talk to turn my attitude around.

And it did. It was just what I needed to realize I have a choice to be pouty and down in the dumps, or I can choose to know that God is in control, and I can praise Him even when things are in transition, and circumstances go bad, and life becomes too much to handle at times.

I just need to readjust my focus. Remember Who is in control of things.

Then my attitude returns to being optimistic....hopeful....full of faith.

Thanks, God. I needed that talk on optimisim...

okay, the cup is back to being half full!!

I'm Trying To Be A Glass Half Full Kind of Person

My glass is always half full.

I can usually see the good in any situation.

I try and be nice to others, and think good thoughts, and help out when I can.

But occasionally, the glass looks half empty. I get discouraged.

I tried not to let a few incidents get to me this weekend.

I tried to laugh them off, or act like it didn't bother me. But then I realized, it is okay if it bothers me. It is okay to be bothered by something that upsets me.

I woke up Saturday morning, and someone had taped a sign on the front window of the house, so when I raised the window shade, I could read it. It was something about the work I do, and at first I tried to laugh it off, and make light of it, but later it really bothered me. I took the sign to my principal today, and he was a bit puzzled, and then he had me share it with our School Resource Officer, since it was school related. I may never know who put it up there. It won't make me stop doing my job. But it was discouraging, none the less. My glass was going from half full to half empty.

Then some friends came over this weekend, and shared some news that really wasn't unexpected, but it was still hard, because they were hurting, and it was hard. Again, I needed to say to myself, you care about this, it is okay to be disappointed.

So, it was a rather rough weekend, but life goes on. In both situations, I just pray something good comes of them. God is the only one who can make beauty from ashes in these situations.

Perhaps the glass is becoming half full again.