Looking for lovelies in life

Is this glass half empty or half full??

There's so much going on around us and sometimes we hear and see so much negative news. It's easy to dwell and get wrapped up in the negative. I have always been taught, though from my parents to think of the positive and try to be the person with the glass half full instead of half empty. I know personally, when I look for good things, I do find them, and it makes my day! I like to call good things that happen each day "lovelies."

I recently started telling my daughters about the lovelies in my day and then ask them, what kind of lovelies they had in their day? At first, they didn't have any, but then all the sudden they would give me a lovely for the day. It could be anything from I got a great grade on a paper, to a friend said something nice to me today.

The other day my older daughter, Randi, even called me when she was out somewhere, to tell me she had a lovely. This was the first time she called me about a lovely, so I knew this was going to be a good one and it was. She said, "Mom, one of Graci's teammates moms made a special soup for Graci since she wasn't feeling well. Isn't that a great lovely?" I told her, “Yes, it was a wonderful lovely.”

I am so happy my girls are looking for what’s going right in their day. We need to be on the lookout for good things happening. It's so easy to miss them if we aren't thinking positive. And kids need positive reinforcement, especially today when so much negative news makes the airwaves and social media.

Sometimes my lovelies even come later after the fact. Have you ever had something good turn out from something you thought was so bad? It has happened to me quite a bit. Do you remember that Garth Brooks song, "Unanswered Prayers" from 1990? The song is about a man who returns to high school and runs into his old flame, a girl he thought he was in love with until he met his wife, who he married and knows is the best person for him. It’s kind of like that song. I have experienced things turning for good, when something bad happens or something I didn’t want to happen. Now, I don’t dwell on it and try and think what good will be coming from it. It keeps my mind positive and I don’t get stressed like I use to. I know when you are dealing with something it’s hard to do, try it and see if it works for you.

Try looking for your lovelies in life and I know you’ll start seeing a brighter tomorrow.