“Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more.
It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal
into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our
past, brings peace for today and creates a vision for tomorrow.”
~Melody Beattie
In the name of gratitude and truthfulness I’ve decided to post a little piece of reality here once a week. Likely just a single picture. See my original post here.
On the day I read this article – knowing we had big plans to bake and decorate sugar cookies with friends; on the day I was already feeling slightly guilt-stricken over the excessive sugar I was letting the kids have; on the day I was trying to let it go and make memories and give up worry – two little people locked themselves in the bathroom with a little boy’s remaining Halloween candy and scarfed it.
And I laughed.
I laughed because worry isn’t something I go for. Oh, it happens, trust me. But I try really really hard to let go and I try really really hard to trust. Because I am not running the ship here.
And after a day of feeling bad that my kids eat sugar and even sometimes food colouring, a day of feeling bad that I put aside my better judgement in the name of fun and celebration; I thought this made a good joke. A shout-out from the guy who’s got my back, the one I’m trusting on this journey.
(And in case, as a practical minded person, you are wondering why they still have Halloween candy and why they could get at it…well, they get a piece so rarely that it lasts a long while, and we’ve never had a problem with them sneaking before – now we know.)
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If you’d like to join in with a reality check of your own, please add a link or note in the comments!
Ha, now that does bring back memories, except I use to find the evidence under the bed!
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Well that link was an eye opener…I used to sneak candy all the time!! I’m sure my mom knew, or did she? Well, I’ll be thinking twice today when I go to the candy jar 🙂
I suppose there are worse things they could eat, right? 🙂
My mother brings J&A junk every time she visits. And since she visits a lot…well, let’s just say they eat far more junk than I would prefer. (Our Halloween candy was gone by the middle of November, mostly because their father is a sugar junkie!) xo
Ahhhh the left over Halloween candy! At least it’s gone now right:) Greg is always quick to remind me that such things are not the everyday and somehow everyone survives.
We used to do the same thing with the Halloween candy – ration it out. And I caught my boys sneaking it as well. Then I started getting healthier snacks and getting rid of the candy. I caught one son sneaking a plum – Ha! And I didn’t get mad 😉
I used to hoard my Halloween candy for months as a child. Mostly because my siblings would gobble theirs up and I wanted mine to last. I vacillate between freak out and even keel. I tend toward trust most days, but my kiddos do eat sugar and on the occasion food dyes. I figure everything in moderation.
Great post Rachel. I just got off the phone with my dad who had surgery yesterday. In the midst of the pain and frustration post-op his sinus’ are going nuts and making things worst. He said that he just heard that pineapple stem is supposed to help. I responded, “well it can’t hurt to try it.” He laughed, “yea, until next week when they say, “recent findings prove that the use of pineapple stem leads to…!” I had to laugh. We do need to lighten up a bit. It’s easy to get bogged down in the recent findings. We try to eat food as close to the way God made it and figure that’s the best we can do. And I admit that you may occasionally find me sneaking after a candy bar…
Blessings, Debbie
What a wonderful attitude! Sometimes you do just have to go with the flow and laugh. Life would be miserable otherwise. 🙂
I think laughing is the best thing you can do. Right along with letting go and trusting.
haha! aww, love it.
….kids.