I haven't posted anything in a while. The longer I wait, the more profound I feel like my post needs to be and I don't write anything. This vicious cycle has gone on for months.
I don't have anything profound to write, but I'm posting anyway because it's Friday.
I have a habit of re-reading my posts later and remembering how I felt when I wrote those words. I want to remember how I feel right now. The last several months I've focused way too much on the crappy stuff and have been too distracted to pay enough attention the so many great things right in front of me. We have started a daily break before bedtime where the four of us sit together and say a couple things from the day we are thankful for. Alhamdolillah. It's not hard at all to think of stuff. Alhamdolillah.
I like it as much for me as for the kids. Until last night, though, I was doing it mostly as an example for Yusuf and Nooriya and totally missing the opportunity to try to really appreciate whatever. Something changed for me yesterday though and I thought harder about what was GREAT, though it really wasn't hard at all. I guess I was just more thoughtFUL.
This morning I listened to that oft used metaphor about the corporate ladder. "Make sure your ladder is leaning on the right wall". This ladder metaphor applies just as aptly to life. Focus on the wall, Taher, and not the climbing otherwise you'll just get to the "wrong" place faster.
There'll probably always be some crappy stuff and certainly there will always be some stuff that's good. And much more likely than not there will be lots of stuff that's GREAT.
Pizza tonight! Alhamdolillah!
I don't have anything profound to write, but I'm posting anyway because it's Friday.
I have a habit of re-reading my posts later and remembering how I felt when I wrote those words. I want to remember how I feel right now. The last several months I've focused way too much on the crappy stuff and have been too distracted to pay enough attention the so many great things right in front of me. We have started a daily break before bedtime where the four of us sit together and say a couple things from the day we are thankful for. Alhamdolillah. It's not hard at all to think of stuff. Alhamdolillah.
I like it as much for me as for the kids. Until last night, though, I was doing it mostly as an example for Yusuf and Nooriya and totally missing the opportunity to try to really appreciate whatever. Something changed for me yesterday though and I thought harder about what was GREAT, though it really wasn't hard at all. I guess I was just more thoughtFUL.
This morning I listened to that oft used metaphor about the corporate ladder. "Make sure your ladder is leaning on the right wall". This ladder metaphor applies just as aptly to life. Focus on the wall, Taher, and not the climbing otherwise you'll just get to the "wrong" place faster.
There'll probably always be some crappy stuff and certainly there will always be some stuff that's good. And much more likely than not there will be lots of stuff that's GREAT.
Pizza tonight! Alhamdolillah!
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