tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6394593369099711178.post1834103375609206940..comments2024-03-18T03:18:23.620-04:00Comments on Memoirs for my children: Positive Self-Talkruthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15293058709021665140noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6394593369099711178.post-20271112599085103872013-03-08T12:30:43.167-05:002013-03-08T12:30:43.167-05:00"Good things can happen." Wow.
I just ..."Good things can happen." Wow.<br /><br />I just need to think about that.<br /><br />Isn't it strange that there are a whole lot of people out there who automatically assume that good things are going to happen, and there there are people like us?<br /><br />I made a whole frame full of Bible verses about the goodness of God, which I hung on my wall, because out of all His attributes, that is the one I have the most trouble grasping... that He is good and full of lovingkindness. I go stand in front of that wall hanging and read it some days.<br /><br />Now I can add the corollary: If God is good, then good things can happen.ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15293058709021665140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6394593369099711178.post-8302130133710539602013-03-07T23:16:22.517-05:002013-03-07T23:16:22.517-05:00About eighteen months ago, my husband was looking ...About eighteen months ago, my husband was looking for work. His temporary job had ended rather suddenly and he needed a new job asap. It had been such a hard summer with my sister's illness and death, my son's graduation from high school and college tuition coming due, our house in disrepair and our van threatening to conk out. He found a job and negotiated for a slightly higher salary while I bit my nails, fearing that they would rescind the offer altogether.<br /><br />Finally it was all settled. He had the job he wanted and it was only an hour and a half from home,instead of two and a half hours, as the previous job had been. I woke up one morning and the sun was shining in the window and the words "good things can happen" came into my mind. <br /><br />I think those words for me are somewhat like your phrase "it will be okay". I usually forget that good things can happen because I am always waiting for the other shoe to drop, holding my breath in fear of the next disaster. Now I just have to transition to the next step in which I actually expect good things to happen and I am actively looking for them.<br /><br />Having your grown child say that she had a happy childhood is one of the most satisfying things that could happen, I am sure. I don't know if mine would say that now but a few years ago, he did say that I had done fine in my parenting of him and I was over the moon just to hear that from him. Of course, I am not sure what he would say now but there is still time and good things could still happen.Hope T.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07861626818618433758noreply@blogger.com