This is gonna be my best week ever.
Why? Oh, that's just what I said yesterday, when I decided to see what happens when I make a conscious decision to make the next several days rilly rilly great.
I know life circumstances are bigger than solely making our own happiness, but I believe that the decision to be happy is a large part of actually being happy. Changing your perspective goes a looong way. Not to mention, changing the weather to the little bit of heaven that's going on right now.
So I now declare this to be the Best Week Ever. So far. Let's see what happens...
Kicking off the week was a girl's weekend away in Beacon, NY in celebration of a good friend's 40th birthday. SUCH a great time with all the ladies. Went to the amazing space that is Dia (favorite was Richard Serra's enormous sculptures... so cool to walk around/into), walked about town, devoured little morsels of tasty food back at our host's incredible little house, larger morsels later on, all the while drinking champagne. Sounds decadent, no? Have not felt that free in a while. Years, perhaps.
Today I'm basking in spring-y warmth and time with Leah, who's also loving the freedom this weather brings. She's been all over the place today, beginning with a post-breakfast painting fest (see painted feet above, as her encore piece). Seems like we've been more in sync today. We've been managing to find solutions that make us both happy, instead of going one way or the other. Awesome.
Have a pot of spicy split pea soup on the stove, about to make this meatloaf, which will keep us fed relatively inexpensively for the next few days. Then yoga tonight!
7 comments:
What a nice post. Really. Awfully, awfully nice. My favorite one ever. Thanks for the reminder that thinking it helps it become.
Glad it helped you! So easy to forget the major impact we have on our own lives. I mean, duh! But still I forget all too often.
i think our kids are finally getting to an age where we can do things TOGETHER. atticus and i have been having real discussions. like "what do you want to be when you grow up, mama?" "a writer and an explorer and a cook and a gardener and a very good surfer. you?" "a guy who changes flat tires."
A guy who changes flat tires - love it! This is a great age.
Love your thought about deliberately deciding to be happy. It reminds me of Henri Nouwen's words that I keep next to a photo of Leah on my fridge: "The reward of choosing joy is joy itself." Hope you're having an uplifting week! Love you, Mom
love that, mom. thanks!
I completely agree about making a decision to be happy - sort of "Field Of Dreams" but I think it makes a huge difference.
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