So yesterday Jordan got the heartbreaking news that she didn't win her bid for VP of next year's 6th Grade Class.
It was rough last night...sharing my own loss in the 7th Grade and how I felt...but also esxplaining how she could take this moment and learn from it, not beat herself up but truely grow from it.
I explained it's all about the choices we make...we can choose to wallow in the disappointment or we can find the happiness and humor in the situation and move on.
Little did she know...it seemed to be a little theraputic for me as well.
Despite my sunny & cheery disposition I have to remind myself daily to choose Joy.
I choose not to focus on the financial despair the divorce has put me through, the rough bout we with Cancer we had, my constant feelings of not being successful, my failed relationships (all of em), and just the feeling of stuckness.
Instead I usually laugh, heck I learned a serious coupon hustle, I smile when I see Jordan on the Soccer Field playing and smiling healthy,I realize that I'm actually doing well in my career, I realize love will come when it's supposed to, and maybe I'm stuck here for a reason. I should just enjoy it!
All of this and all of that...and I'm fine...and I'll smile...and so is life...
so know...you are not alone. I have struggled and continue to struggle with everything you touched on in this post. Issues with not being in a place where I felt I should be at this point in my life--but mostly like you deciding not to focus on the negatives but as you said, choosing joy. I concur!
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