I hope you are all enjoying the new year thus far! We are being lazy on our last day of Christmas break. Aaron and Luke both go back to school tomorrow. I will be glad to get to a "normal" but it has been really nice to have Aaron home! (Especially since I wake up tired and need a nap a lot of days.)
We were actually talking about "normal" and that since we've been married, there hasn't been much time that one or both of us has been going to school. We are at a point that neither one of us is going to be going to school at all for a while. It is refreshing.
Okay, so we doing really celebrate New Year's, much. We go to bed at a normal time and hope that our neighbor's parties don't get too loud. We used to set an alarm so that we could have sparkling cider and a kiss at midnight, but now, we'd rather just sleep. We are really morning people, not night owls.
I have, though been thinking about resolutions. I have been mostly thinking about criticism and negativity. I have become very critical of others and I hate it!! I hate that I complain so much and that I talk about people. I am going to stop. I mostly just need to listen to the little voice in my head that tells me to stop, when I start to tell a story or complain about someone.
I want to be especially careful about criticizing my church leaders. We had this lesson a few weeks ago and it really hit me hard. I learned the importance of saying good things about our leaders so that our children would grow up to love them. We need to pray for them and not be critical so that our children can know the love we have for them and so that they can share that love and appreciation.
So, as I was typing this, I realized that I need to stop being critical, but that isn't enough. I need to say good things about those that I am frustrated with. I need to pray for them and I need to pray for understanding and compassion. I don't want my kids to grow up to be cynical and I am tired of the kind of person I have become lately.
Since we are setting up what our new normal is, I want to include changing my heart by being less critical.
Tuesday, January 01, 2008
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3 comments:
You make some great points-especially the one about being critical. I'm trying really hard to be less critical, both of those around me and of myself. I am the only person I can control.... :)
Happy New Year to you too. Have a great day.
Wow, was this convicting. I appreciate the reminder, especially about church leadership. I hope you had a restful, relaxing New Year's.
I remember being put in my place by a friend when I was bad talking the actions of the male missionaries. He said something along the lines of, "We are a bunch of stupid young teenagers, thrown out in the world, with the weight of the gospel on our shoulders. Would you be able to live up to the expectations?"
Just last year another friend of mine was complaining about our very young bishop and I had to ask her, "If you were called to be a bishop today, do you think you would be able to handle it?"
Good for you for catching yourself (I have often had to catch myself in this very thing).
Happy New Year!!!
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