My dear friend, who always appears upbeat and cheerful, stated that she tries to be cheerful even when she isn't. I need to take start following her example. Many people have medical depression for physical or mental reasons that needs to be treated. My depression isn't. I've allowed myself to focus on my trials, without spending my time being grateful for all the blessing I enjoy. Here are the changes that I plan to implement:
- Instead of focusing on my overweight body, I'll be spending more time accepting the reality that my butt is too big and working on improving my overall health and diet.
- My children are a huge blessing to me. The laughter and joy that they share with me throughout the day, shouldn't be forgotten because a couple of kids are having a crabby day. I will be enjoying my children's conversation, humor and enthusiasm for life.
- With the exception of non-life threatening health concerns, my whole family is blessed with good health. The kids are I will return to our daily excursions into the community to use our local parks and playgrounds. Not only will this support our physical health, it will improve my mental health.
- My husband spends all of his time working to support our family, doing projects on the upkeep of our home, or enjoying family time with me and the children. I will no longer allow myself to be annoyed when he leaves his socks in the living room floor or when a household project is not completed according to my schedule. Instead, my energies will be used to complete my many and varied household responsibilities so HE can rest and be refreshed on the rare moments when he can just relax.
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Thank you, Karen. . .I really needed the reminder to put on a happy face.
My psychiatrist recommended Vitamin D to help me through the dark months. You might want to talk to your doctor about it.
Thanks Barb, When you mentioned vitamin D, I realized that I haven't drank any milk and had very little cheese since Christmas. Not to mention that our supply of dark green veggies was gone early in the month of January. I'll start taking Vit. D and getting outside more to see if that helps.
Karen,
When I was 8.5 months pregnant with our 3rd I was trying on dresses for my class reunion. My daughter (5 at the time) asked why I wasn't wearing "that dress", the one I had just taken off and thrown on the bed. I told her I thought it made my butt look big and was going to try on some other things. She looked at me innocently and said "But Mom, your butt IS big."
Kari
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