I know, I know I bang on a lot about gratitude and how important it is but the lessons of gratitude just keep unfolding in my life and I just had to share my latest one.
So last night we went to a party for one of my oldest and closest girlfriends birthday. On our way home the babysitter sms'd us to let us know that Eddie had woken up and would not resettle. We got back to find him wide awake not even close to tired and bouncing off the walls.
My inner whingy pants and worry wart started up. What's wrong with him? Why is he awake this late? Is he teething? Is he having nightmares? Why is he so awake? Oh I am going to be so bloody exhausted in the morning. Why does this always seem to happen when I want to have some fun? So tired......... On and on it went.
As I lay in bed whilst my darling hubby was trying to settle the boy I had an epiphany. If being tired is my biggest problem then I am so dam lucky, if this is as hard as it gets well I am truly blessed. A wave of gratitude just washed over me and I felt so much happiness and love for the life that I am privileged to be living. I am tired because my son is healthy and happy and not because he is unwell. I am lying awake not because I have worries about where my next meal is going to come from or whether I can afford to buy my son nappies, or whether my house may get bombed tonight or not, I am lying awake with trivial worries of when my baby is finally going to fall asleep. And that my friends is exactly why my stressings are really blessings.
I had further confirmation of this thought today when having a lunch in the park when my friend said "even the bad times are good;" Even the bad times are good such a simple profound statement which tells us that we are privileged to be alive, we are blessed to be part of this crazy thing called life and yes it may not be ideal but it is still good.
So I ask again, take a moment to realise that even the things you complain about are actually a blessing. I'm not saying that you aren't human, of course you will still feel pain and suffering as this is as much a part of life as happiness and peace but if you can take a moment in the middle of that pain where you realise that you are actually very lucky it will dissipate very quickly as it did for me last night.
Love and blessings to all
L xox
So last night we went to a party for one of my oldest and closest girlfriends birthday. On our way home the babysitter sms'd us to let us know that Eddie had woken up and would not resettle. We got back to find him wide awake not even close to tired and bouncing off the walls.
My inner whingy pants and worry wart started up. What's wrong with him? Why is he awake this late? Is he teething? Is he having nightmares? Why is he so awake? Oh I am going to be so bloody exhausted in the morning. Why does this always seem to happen when I want to have some fun? So tired......... On and on it went.
As I lay in bed whilst my darling hubby was trying to settle the boy I had an epiphany. If being tired is my biggest problem then I am so dam lucky, if this is as hard as it gets well I am truly blessed. A wave of gratitude just washed over me and I felt so much happiness and love for the life that I am privileged to be living. I am tired because my son is healthy and happy and not because he is unwell. I am lying awake not because I have worries about where my next meal is going to come from or whether I can afford to buy my son nappies, or whether my house may get bombed tonight or not, I am lying awake with trivial worries of when my baby is finally going to fall asleep. And that my friends is exactly why my stressings are really blessings.
I had further confirmation of this thought today when having a lunch in the park when my friend said "even the bad times are good;" Even the bad times are good such a simple profound statement which tells us that we are privileged to be alive, we are blessed to be part of this crazy thing called life and yes it may not be ideal but it is still good.
So I ask again, take a moment to realise that even the things you complain about are actually a blessing. I'm not saying that you aren't human, of course you will still feel pain and suffering as this is as much a part of life as happiness and peace but if you can take a moment in the middle of that pain where you realise that you are actually very lucky it will dissipate very quickly as it did for me last night.
Love and blessings to all
L xox
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