Hot Stuff June 4, 2009

Roscoe the Pug With Ice Bag On His Head- Miserable in the Seattle Heat

Originally uploaded by zoomar

After talking about Joy not being able to be taken from me, I am getting a chance to put my heart where my mouth is. Over the past couple of days my 8 month old and my 5 year old have been sick. I took one to the doctor on Tuesday and the other had to go Wednesday. Also over the past couple of days our air conditioner decided to stop working. Last night my son didn’t sleep good because he was coughing alot, so I only got a couple hours of sleep. My always laid back hubby who evens out my anxiety was stressed about the AC, etc.

So, here was a chance to decide if I was going give up my joy to this situation. My decision…NO It had to be a concious decision and prayer for me. Joy is my gift from God and I decided not to give it up. Hopefully our AC will be JOYFULLY fixed tomorrow

Your Joy to Lose?!? June 2, 2009

Joy

Originally uploaded by ~ Paige ~

Joy! I was reading Unlimiting God by Richard Blackaby tonight and it left me thinking about my joy. It is mine and can’t be taken from me, only I can relinquish it. It is completely up to me as to how I react to any and every situation. No matter what goes on in my life I am left with the big decision. How do I react to the situation and with what attitiude to I look at with. Seeing as I have been such a pro at worrying and being anxious, I have given up my joy many times. I do think that it is possible to be sad, hurt, etc. and have joy at the same time, just not anger and negative unproductive emotions. I hope that I can keep joy in my life in all situations . This has to be a conscious choice and effort on my part & I am going to do my best to greet all that comes my way with joy.

What do you think on your joy not being able to be taken away? leave a comment

Feeling Down Today May 26, 2009

hope

Originally uploaded by Alex_new

Seems too easy to go from positive & optimistic to feeling down? It can take so little to bring me down sometimes.  Nothing big happened today to get me here. This is a very frustrating place for me and is a result of me forgetting where my joy comes from. Yes, I am human, but that is not a reason for me to stay down for more than small frame of time. I think I allow myself to listen to that little voice in my head that says “well there is one more thing that I can’t do or am not doing good enough.” “Other people are capable why aren’t I.”  I am usually the one buiding up, not tearing down, except when it comes to myself.   And then I beat myself up for being like this. SNOWBALL

So here I am and this is what I am reminding myself as I blog this:

I know I am loved. I know I am blessed. I know that for the first time in my life I have TRUE friends around me. I know where my true Joy comes from and it can NEVER be taken from me. I know that I am SUPERNATURAL inside and my depression only sets my limits. Hope this may help you a little too. Thanks for listening