mom knows best. always.

sometimes we (and by we, i mean PEOPLE. as in everyone) tend to focus on the negative.

the things that aren’t. instead of the things that are.

it almost becomes second nature to complain about the things we want to change. the things we wish would change. the things we wish were different.

frustration can be paralyzing . . . i challenge the fool who disagrees with me.

so in the midst of a particular rant of frustration to my beloved mother, who is wiser than she will ever know, kinder than she will ever admit, and JUST.PLAIN.SMART., she did what she always does and gave me a solution.

one that worked.

of course.

because she’s mom

and that’s what moms do.

she told me to write down 5 things i was grateful for. then do it again every day.

and she promised it would do me some good.

and guess what . . . it did.

with a world of things to complain about, sometimes the good stuff gets lost. the important stuff. the stuff that actually matters. but we let it get lost.

we all do it.

well, i don’t want to lose the good stuff. not one morsel of it.

go make your list.

even if it includes “i’m thankful for washing machines.”

my mom was super smart even back in 1982.

she knew pumpkin colored shag carpet was the bomb diggity.