Keeping the focus

I was aggravated last night.  I slept terrible. The kids are sick, and for that matter, I am too.  But that all doesn't matter.  Today is a new day and I am starting fresh.

I am chanting in the back of my head, "Think positive thoughts, think positive thoughts, think positive thoughts..."

Things will never get better if I continue to look at everything that is wrong.  So today, I have challenged myself to shun everything that has been troubling me, and to keep the faith that things will get better.  At the very least, good things happen when you start off with the right mentality, so I plan on being receptive to whatever life has to offer me.

I will focus on the things that make me happy.  The smiles on my daughters' faces, uncontrollable laughter, the quirks of country living, volleyball, big hugs, enveloping my life in music, sharing feelings, back scratches, and adoring eyes. And if that's not enough, I'll find even more things until nothing else matters.

Eet

REGINA SPEKTOR

It's like forgetting the words to your favorite song
You can't believe it
You were always singing along
It was so easy and the words so sweet
You can't remember
You try to feel the beat

Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet, eet, eet, eet
Eeeeeeeeeeeeeteeet, eet, eet, eet

You spent half of your life trying to fall behind
You're using your headphones to drown out your mind
It was so easy, and the words so sweet
You can't remember
You try to move your feet
Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet, eet, eet, eet
Eeeeeeeeeeeeeteeet, eet, eet, eet

Someone's deciding whether or not to steal
He opens the window just to feel the chill
He hears that outside a small boy just starting to cry
'Cause it's his turn but his brother won't let him try

It's like forgetting the words to your favorite song
You can't believe it
You were always singing along
It was so easy and the words so sweet
You can't remember
You try to move your feet

It was so easy and the words so sweet
You can't remember, you try to feel the beat