I ignored the prompting all day to shift my thought patterns, to do the things that can usually shift the mood a bit. I ignored the internal prompting to make a smile list - a list of things I'm thankful for. So much for self-care.
I should have done this hours ago, but I didn't, and now, because of the low I'm at, it's a harder thing to do. But it needs to be done. And then, then, I hope I'll sleep. We'll try this "i have come that you might have life, and have it more abundantly" thing again tomorrow.
Without further ado... my current smile list (the list of things that make me smile - things I'm thankful for):
- that tomorrow is another day that, to quote Anne of Green Gables "has no mistakes in it yet"
- that it's a long weekend and I have three days away from the mess that is currently my job
- a tiny silver Saint Clare medal that I've been wearing around my neck all week
- a friend who loves me even in the moments when I'm completely unable to fully believe it, or to love myself
- music from Karla Adolphe and Jacob and Lily
- music from Misty Edwards
- TLC (the television station - I needed the mindless background while I was in the midst of a rather intense conversation tonight)
- tickets to go to the symphony at the beginning of October with my roommates and my brother
- 2 dozen red roses in a vase on my dressing table
- comfy sweat pants to wear to bed
- Nelly (a favorite teddy bear - a friend since birth - she still lives on my bed, and she gives great hugs when you cry)
- a photo beside my bed from a really special moment in my favorite meadow on top of a mountain earlier this summer
- that I get to see my best friend one last time before she leaves
- gmail chat - lets me keep in touch with a dear friend across the country, and will hopefully aid in staying close to my best friend when she's on the other side of the planet
- Psalm 51
- LUSH bath and shower products
- freezies
- kit-kat bars
- tea lights
- clean hair
- long hot showers
1 comments:
I love your smile list.
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