Focus on the positive

Every day can be a good or bad day. The day you experience depends on what you are focusing on.

In everyday there are good parts and bad parts. You need to decide what type of day you want and then look for reasons to prove it to be true.

Take today for example.

Today was a good day.

Today was a good day. I know this because my youngest is toilet training and has done all of her wees in the toilet. For three of those wees she didn’t even bother telling us that she needed to go. She took herself off to the toilet put on her toilet seat, undressed herself, used the step to climb up onto the toilet and wiped herself, flushed the chain and washed her hands.

Today was a good day. I know this because we went to the forest and went on a river walk. We gripped onto each other’s hands, giggling as we progressed along the stream. Their eyes twinkled with pride as they climbed trees. The dappled sunlight shone down on to us as we excitedly searched for critters on a minibeast hunt. In the car on the way home their laughter was still ringing in my ears.

Today was a good day. I know this because I spent it with my family. When I am with my parents and brother and our respective families I always feel so grateful. I love watching my parents enjoy their grandchildren, knowing that they feel blessed to have us altogether in one house. As we watch the children playing I love to reminisce with my brother about the games we used to play as children.

Today was a good day. I know this because at bedtime my son informed me that he had had the best day of his life. He told me that I was the best mummy in the whole wide world and that he will never be too old for my hugs and kisses and that when he is a big daddy himself he will still give me lots of cuddles and kisses. Wow, he completely melted my heart.

Alternatively.

Today was a bad day.

Today was a bad day. I know this because my toddler who is toilet training didn’t make it to the toilet in time. Of course, as I tried to peal her knickers off of her I made more mess. I threw the knickers in the bin.

Today was a bad day. I know this because my house that I spent ages cleaning when there were a thousand other things I would rather be doing is completely trashed and will take hours to put right. We went to the forest today. It has rained for days on end and the forest floor was just a sea of deep squelchy mud. Upon returning home from the forest, the children marched up my hall dropping all of the mud from their wellies. Their clothes are in a heap on the floor beside my washing machine. All of the toys have been pulled out and abandoned in the middle of my floor. I don’t even know where to begin with the clean-up.

Today was a bad day. I know this because my children were moaning and crying. My brother and his children came to see us. By the end of the visit the children were very tired and started to cry and moan and didn’t want to share the toys and wait for their turn.

Depending on which part of today I choose to focus on depends on the type of day that I had.

This is true of all days.

Granted there are days when there appear to be more bad moments than good but even then there will be something small that you can be grateful for. Once you think of one small thing you will be able to think of another and another and before you know it your bad day isn’t so bad after all. In fact your bad day can be turned into a good day just by changing what you are focusing on.

I am choosing to focus on all of the wonderful things from today. As a result today was one of the best days. I will fondly remember lots of the moments from today and enjoy playing them in my head on rainy days. I will be deleting the bad moments as I don’t need or want to remember them.

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