Attitude and effort

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by Carie Moore

Choices. They flood our lives and brains every day. Which field to go to next? What to make for the bake sale? Should we combine and dry or wait? What order do I pick up the kids based on after school activities? And the dreaded, “Where do you want to go eat?”

What about the other choices we make? I mean the really important choices that make a difference and affect everyone around you. Do you change with the circumstances, with the weather, with the people you’re around?

I’ll be honest, harvest sucks this year. I mean really, really, really sucks. Weather, equipment, people, elevators, markets, rural water installation (trying). How we respond to things says a lot about who we are and how we view life. Is each day a battle or a new beginning? We have a choice, and I’m trying to choose joy (instead of jumping down people throats). I can’t control any of those things listed above but I can control me. Why waste more time on things that are already wasting my time or throwing a wrench in my plans? Find another option and press forward. Choose joy.

Easier said than done, right? I get it. What makes it worse in my house, is the more stressed out I get, the worse the situation gets for everyone. There are two sides to everything. We are in a 3-D world. So what side do you choose to see? The only negative I focus on is when my coffee cup is almost empty, and it better be getting back to half full! Somedays I have to double fist it, but we get through. My attitude will affect my kids’ attitudes, which in turn creates a new problem. It’s their fault about as much as the equipment’s. You take care of them, but things can still go wrong. No matter what color the equipment is or who your child is, stuff happens.

The amount of control you have over your brain and heart will be exposed in your attitude and effort to life’s circumstance, both good and bad. There are no guarantees in life, so don’t let circumstances drive you to a negative mental state. Every day there is something I must “Give to God.” He is there for me because there are things I can’t handle and need Him, only Him. Life will always be more than we can handle. It’s what we choose to do with it that matters. Don’t bring life down, lift the situation up.

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