October 2008
1 post
Habit #4: Better Choices
I’m still working on habits 1 & 2. I’m on week four with habit one and week three with habit 2. (I didn’t add a new habit last week.) I am still struggling like crazy with habit #1, but I’m doing better. I’m also doing much better with habit 2.
The newest habit is “Better choices.” In all areas: eating, activities, work, etc. I tend to be a...
Habit #3: Master Habit #s 1 & 2
Since I have not yet been very successful at habit #1, I don’t think I’m going to add a new habit this week. But I will say that I have been enjoying habit #2. I love watching my husband’s bewildered reaction as I do things to “make him feel important.” It’s not that I wasn’t attentive before. I was. But I don’t know, I just say things in a...
September 2008
8 posts
Day 4 on Habit #2: Imagine Everyone Wears a Sign...
I chose this habit because I am a task oriented person more than a people person. I am one of those people that is a happy little bee spending time all alone doing all the things that busy bees do. The down side to all of that is it’s easy to forget that people do benefit from me coming out of my solitary hive to spend time with them. I’m too quick with a passing...
A New Habit (#2) and a Confession
I must confess that today I whined. I not only whined, I grumbled and grunged and was not very pretty when I began cleaning up after all that the boys managed to “create” in the house while I was sick and in the weeks I’ve been otherwise occupied.
Three boys — all with ADD, two with autism, and a husband who is housekeeping imparied and also with ADD — can you blame...
Day 6 and 7on: Do Not Complain
As you can see, I missed day 5. I spent most of it trying to survive the day and get home and back to bed. Then, on day six, I spent most of the day sleeping, and am just now awake at 12:47 AM. I am happy to say that I avoided complaining MOST of the time, althought I did slip a couple of times when I said “I am miserable.” Which, techinically, was a fact, not a complaint, right?
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A Challenging Day 4 on Do Not Complain
Today I have a miserable cold/virus/sore throat. That’s not complaining — that’s just stating a fact, right?
I will be the first to admit to being the world’s greatest wimp when it comes to being sick and not feeling well. I want the whole world to suffer with me. I moan and groan and cry and whine. Horrible, aren’t I?
Do you think God is testing me? The very...
Making a Difference: Dangers of a Critical Heart →
This goes right along with my new habit this week, don’t you think? What a powerful message. I appreciate the strong visual message this sends. I don’t think I’ll easily forget this one.
Day 2 on Do Not Complain
I’m on day two of my “Do Not Complain” new habit and I already blew it. As I was sitting down in a little Kindergarten chair to help a student today I complained that my knees hurt.
I do NOT want to grow into a complaining, whining, miserable old lady. I want to be a gracious old lady, with honey on my lips. I want people to say, “Oh! Here comes that sweet little old...
NEW Habit for Week of September 15, 2008: I will...
Do not complain.
Instead of complaining, I wil be thankful. I will praise God and thank Hiim for the many blessings I have in my life! I will remember those blessings and they will distract me from things I am tempted to complain about.