perspective

While Maddie did this:

Lyndon and I did this:

I love days like today.

Days where it seems that everything is going right. The house is clean (for the most part), the dishes are done, laundry's put away, the kids are napping and I can hear Jonathon finishing up the guitars for his cd in the next room. I also hear the rain splashing on the driveway and falling on the windows. Yes, life is good. Remember when you were a kid and how you felt on Friday afternoons when you got home from school? free. jubilant. energized. You didn't have a care in the world...you could sleep in the next day, watch Saturday morning cartoons and not go to school for 2 whole days.

It's all about having the right perspective though, right?

You see, I've been in this exact situation before...clean house, dishes done, kids napping...but yet I didn't feel the peace that I feel today. It's all about my perspective and having faith. Not everyday is meant to be perfect. believe me. I have many days that are meant to teach me and help me grow. (i.e. when the kids won't listen, when the bills come but the $ is gone, when I look in the mirror and feel less than beautiful, etc.) These days are not meant to ruin us but rather to give us experience for self growth. Only in the last several months have I REALLY figured this out. Only because I've been through some low and disappointing moments have I learned how to rise above and how to find sunshine in rain. Trials and tribulations have only made me a better and happier person.

So even though our house is in desperate need of a paint job (simmer down HOA, we're getting on it), our lawn is a disaster, we don't have millions in the bank, our front room is unfurnished, Jonathon's cd is still not done (but EXTREMELY CLOSE, details soon) and all our bathrooms will probably never be clean at the same time...

I am still happier than I have ever been.

Ahhh, isn't a little perspective nice?