Zooming Out

Our focus determines our reality; our internal attitude is more important than our external circumstances.   When we are in a low place in our lives, it seems we want to drag others down with us.  We want them to feel sorry for us...to complain and get mad with us.  It takes great strength and determination to dig ourselves out of the pit and "zoom out" (to look for the bigger picture).  It's definately not an easy task...one I fail at almost ALL the time, but a necessary one.

So....as hard as this season of my life has been, I am now striving to "zoom out".  I'm sure this is something I'll have to remind myself of daily, if not hourly, but nevertheless, something we should do.

I'll end with some pictures and the 2 lists I came up with the other day -- 5 things I love about my kids.  When all around us seems so hopeless and unfair, to look for the positive enables us to continue on/to "zoom out".

What I love about you, Hunter:

1) your ability to be sensitive to others 
2) you love to give
3) you're outgoing
4) your longing TRY to do the right thing
5) how you like things picked up and organized

What I love about you, Grace:

1) your outgoing personality
2) your hard work/dedication with school work (homework, studying, etc)
3) the ability to sense a problem/issue, and try to find ways to fix/help it 
4) the perfect mixture of girly-girl and tom-boy
5) the attitude you have that nothing is too big for you to do/accomplish (self-confidence)