Recently, I have gone through a period of time where some parts of my life are super unsatisfactory. Unfortunately, life is life and you can't always have your way. (Darn, I thought I could keep that princess outfit on for the rest of my life :)
The other day I was apologizing for complaining (because I try not to) and someone said to me...no, it's ok- I'm used to it.
WOW. Hit me like a TON of BRICKS.
You're used to it? Why? Do I annoy you? Do I bring you down? Do you not want to be around me? Am I getting that bad?
After thinking about it I realized that I am. And so - to all my friends and family reading the blog - I'm sorry for complaining so much.
So it made me start thinking about this challenge - do you complain a lot? Do you do anything about it?
Let me tell you why this bothers me so much. (this is JUST an example - please do not think I am putting my political opinions on you!)
When the election came around 2 years ago, I was VERY adamant about who I was voting for. I told my hubby and some other people...but I also kept it from some people too! A couple of weeks prior to the election I filled out another registration form and mailed it in...only to find out at the booth that I could not vote because the registration was not transferred from my college town. I made a promise to myself that because of that incidence - I could NOT complain about who won the election because I didn't get to vote. And honestly, I haven't. Often I'll be told - do you know what happened with this or that - and I cannot complain because I didn't do what I needed to do to cast my ballot.
So tonight...after giving some thought to the complaining - I'm vowing to myself again to keep complaints inside - deal with the issues at hand - and make sure that I'm a balcony person.
What's a balcony person? A balcony person is someone at the top of his/her game - she's cheering you on from her balcony & keeping his/her sites high. (Think when you go to a parade and how jealous you are that you are not in a balcony - yea, it's those type of people that you want to be!)
What's the opposite? Oh, that's a basement person! That's a person that keeps dragging you down. That finds the place to sit...and sits...and doesn't care how you feel.
I don't want to be in the basement or on the main floor! I want to be on that balcony.
So if someone is raining on your parade, do what I {will be} do{ing} and open that umbrella and dance! After all, even if you get wet - life will still be sweet.
Love always,
Lida
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