I do believe that our thoughts create our reality. For me, I usually try to make my thoughts
positive in order to ensure a more positive outcome. Last night when I was tired, I forgot that
negative thoughts creative negative outcomes.
Today I was clearly reminded that they do.
What happened at our house was this: after
attending their weekly Scouts and church youth activities, the children arrived
home late. The minute the two younger
boys walked in the door from the Church, I was on their case to hurry to bed
but they did not. It took them far too
long to get in gear and get to bed. This
mother was not pleased. She kept
repeating, “If you don’t hurry up, you will be grouchy in the morning and I don't want a rotten morning.” After a late bedtime on Halloween the night
before, the boys went to bed REALLY late, for the second night in a row and I
just knew what was in store.
What happened in the morning? A self-fulfilling prophecy: both boys were grouchy just like I expected
them to be and this translated into one of our most difficult mornings of the school year. I was frustrated, they were frustrated. One child left for school refusing to eat his
breakfast and the other refusing to take his band instrument to school for his
weekly music lesson. As for me, I did
not handle the whole thing well at all (I was tired too!).
After the bus picked them up and drove away, I realized that
what showed up for me was exactly what I expected: a frustrating morning. But I got the lesson that showed up with the
challenges. I recognized the
smack on the head, the reminder that I could have created something
different. It was good lesson for me. Tomorrow will be different, better. I am so glad I can go to sleep tonight and
start again tomorrow. There is great
hope in that rising sun, that fresh start and that chance to create something
better. Blessed be the new day.
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