Blue Happy Living

I talk a lot about being happy. Slowing down and making the most of everyday. I do follow my own advice but I can get caught up in life. I too forget to slow down and enjoy the moment that your feet are standing in.

I recently got a reminder that I wasn’t following my own advice when my friend and neighbor called me. She opened the conversation with “Oh my the tree’s in your front yard are such beautiful colors.” I responded with silence and then said “really I hadn’t noticed.” That’s when it hit me that I had gotten into the gutter of rushing through my daily life that I hadn’t even notice my own front yard. I found this very sad and such an empty feeling over whelmed me. I love tree’s by far my favorite thing to paint. I had not even taken the time to notice what was right under my nose.

Last night was a reminder as well that life does not go the way we think it will. I planned a birthday dinner for my son. We were all planning on meeting for dinner at 7:00. The restaurant was not accommodating at all with the large number we needed them to set up for. They over reacted it was only 13 people. At the last-minute we moved to another place to eat just next door they were more accommodating. Through out the night weird things happened. I couldn’t focus on my son and his day because I was so focused on everything going on around me. I was so up set that I didn’t enjoy the night at all. I realize this morning that I didn’t enjoy the moment because my focus was on the wrong things last night. My son deserves a redo/renew dinner or at best a gift card to go out to dinner on his own. Funny how my husband didn’t even once notice the night going bad. I guess it was a mom thing.

All of this brings me back to my point of hearing my own advice about being happy. I sometimes have my head in a hole and don’t see the moment I’m walking in. I love life and all it has to offer. I don’t want to miss a moment or spend it angry. Every moment is so precious and once spent you don’t get a credit back if you don’t like it. Being happy is a choice.

Striving to live life as Blue Happy as I can. I hope your week is Blue Happy and you choose to make it that way.