I don’t want any ‘awwwwwwsss”’ or ‘oooooohhhhhhssss’ from this
But only for the last few years have I really had to remember Mother’s Day in a while
my mum passed away back in 2002 when I was 12
But today?
I’ve got an amazing wife who’s an amazing mum to my beautiful daughters
^^^ I’ve also got an amazing nan and mother-in-law
But my point today is this:
I truly believe that if you look closely enough and give it enough time
You can see a ‘positive’ in everything
And before you say what’s the positive in being made redundant or loved ones passing away..
I just want to say that I used to think that, too
Until I realised that nothing is bad unless you think it’s bad
You see, although my mum passing away when I was 12 seems all doom and gloom
And – don’t get me wrong – I was and still am – devastated
But it actually made me a more grateful person
And I probably wouldn’t be who I am today if it wouldn’t have happened 🤔
I realised just how hard my dad was working to provide for the family (as I grew older)
It made me ‘grow up’ and help out with things like cooking and cleaning
^^^ I’ll never forget getting the pasta and meatballs ready for 5pm 😂
You see, when you give so-called ‘bad things’ time to ‘digest’
It’s never as bad as you made it out to be.
With every bad, is an opportunity…
Now, I’m not going to pretend it’s easy
Because it’s clearly not
But when you just nurse, rehearse and curse a ‘bad’ situation
Are you just wasting energy on something you can’t change?
Energy that could go into YOU, your kids, family and loved ones?
So, next time you put on a pound when you look down at the scales….
Wait 3 days or so
It’ll probably be back off…
Or
Evaluate what happened over the last week…
Did you do your exercise?
Stick to your nutrition plan?
Learn, adapt, grow and harvest the good
See it as a reminder of what you need to do
And after 3 days of evaluation…
then – and only then – give yourself permission to nurse and curse yourself
Happy Mother’s Day
Matt
