Being Positive

It's the New Year. I almost have the Christmas stuff put away!!! I really hate that job! Now it is time to look forward. I am not really one to make New Years Resolutions. Buttttt.... it is a fun time to make changes. You don't have to be a slave to those changes, but you can at least TRY to change a few things or do some NEW things.

I want to focus more on the positive...in LIFE. I want to surround myself with the things life has to offer. I love this activity my almost ten year old Granddaughter introduced to us. At a big family dinner she had all of us draw names of those present, then write something we like about that person. Something good. Positive. It was so much fun. It really worked. She is an excellent reader, but found it hard to read some grown ups writing. One of the outstanding moments was what my son wrote about his sister. It was a wonderful compliment and I realized it was something adults don't do very often. They don't take time to tell each other what they really like about each other.

She has a great 4th grade teacher. I visited her class on a Friday when school was almost out. Each kid had a small dry erase board at their desk. The teacher said it was time to bless each other. The kids then wrote positive things about their classmates. There was a system that I don't remember, but they only wrote about one or two people, then they read it out loud. Amazing! Maybe my husband and I should try that at the dinner table. Just the two of us. Write a positive little note about each other and put it in a basket to be read later. He would never go for reading it out loud, but maybe he would put it in a basket....less pressure. I like it! We will try it and see what happens.