Breaking news! Today I took a shower.
It was awesome…until the temperature starting going crazy. The shower head poured out water at the perfect temperature and then all of a sudden the water turned against me and got really cold. At first I was pissed. I was like, “Come on shower. Why aren’t you the the perfect temperature that is to my liking you freakin’ butt head shower?!?” The second that thought came into my head I thought, “Wow! You are really being a spoiled brat right now. Varuca Salt freaking out because she wants a golden egg for Easter in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory is a saint compared to how you’re acting right now.
Varuca being a brat. Me being a brat.
Think about it. I woke up out of my warm bed, put on my luxurious soft and fuzzy bath robe, walked to the kitchen and turned on my faucet and guess what!?! Clean water came out of it and I poured myself a glass and drank it. Next I grabbed my phone so I could choose some tunes to listen while in the shower because I really enjoy singing and dancing while I’m in there. Yup, I am privileged enough to have a device that plays the music I want to hear on demand while I’m in the shower. I disrobe, twist the knob that controls the water temperature. Yup I have a knob that actually controls the temperature of the clean water for my shower. Hot water comes raging out of the shower head and hop into the shower that is located inside my home. I have all these amazing soaps, shampoos, conditioners and body oils placed neatly inside of my shower and a clean towel waiting for me to dry myself off with when I’m done. Actually I have two towels. One for my body and one for my hair. I have all of these things and I’m whining because the temperature isn’t right. Whaaaaaaattttt?
I am so lucky. So majorly epically lucky. I am not a victim of bad luck because my shower isn’t at a temperature of my liking. I am damn lucky to have a shower that spews out clean water directly into my home no matter what temperature it is. I literally have to walk about fifteen feet from my bed to the shower.
I chose to change my thoughts from what was wrong to what was right and it felt so much better.
I went from feeling like this…. to feeling like this!!
Do you sometimes find yourself taking how awesome your life is for granted? Do you take the role of the victim when things aren’t going your way? I would love to hear about it and if and how you are going to choose to reframe your thoughts from victim thoughts to thoughts of gratitude. Join the conversation at the bottom of this blog post.
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Love and light,
I feel ya. Some times of the year I find myself depressed because life isn’t as fast paced as the others. I mope around wishing for more.
When I can’t keep up with my life and wish I could catch up, I wish things would slow down for me.
All in all, I should truly just be thankful for what I have. It was nice reading your blog because it was exactly the type of thought that I have that snaps me out of my Eeyore attitude.
You know we well enough to know that I have a pretty blessed life. I just need more than anything to find balance in it, year long.
Thanks for being a Rockstar girl 😀
Can you tell me 5 things right now you are grateful for to have in your life?
my friends, my family, my future, my dreams and my life. unfortunately there are just so many more elements that create my complicated life, as do most of us. i’m well aware of what i am grateful for and appreciate (and how i take them for granted), but i’m also fully aware of those things that bring me down. it’s finding the motivation to overcome those weakening aspects that’ll bring me to overcome them… and then, is it the fear of success that scares me? …life’s just so complicated. the grass just always seems greener over there. balance? maybe it’s balance that i’m yearning for.
What does balance mean to you Shannon?
ya know… i think that’s what i need to discover for myself. i need to realize that comparing myself to others isn’t the way to do it all the time. maybe getting back to a ‘schedule’ would help in that. i know that getting back to the gym regularly surely would! can’t wait to hang in Costa Rica! maybe we can have a chat during some down time 🙂
love and light!
I would love to chat with you:) See you soon. In the meantime schedule your gym time since that seems really important to you.