What's in a thought...

Driving to school yesterday I was stuck behind a mom who couldn't have been going more that 15 mph. At each turn she slowed down even more and I was getting frustrated. She obviously has nothing better to do, I thought. By the time we pulled up to school I was gritting my teeth and felt myself becoming a sourpuss. Then I noticed the sticker on her rear window that indicated there was a soldier in her family.

I turned to my son, smiled and said. Well now. Maybe her husband was the driver in the family and he was deployed. This woman was forced to learn to drive to keep the family functioning. Maybe she's still getting used to the car. And I didn't feel like a sourpuss anymore. I felt compassion.

The woman was still driving like a turtle. So what changed? Basically my thought process, my perception. So isn't it like that with everything? I make a judgement and wham!, my emotions follow. So maybe this weekend I could test this theory to see if this works. Let me start with the following:

I am not an artist could become I am a creative
I am too chunky could become I am padded for protection against falls (hee,hee)

Hmmm, this could be amusing. I'll start with these for now.

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I must apologize for not commenting on your blogs lately. I've been working in the garden and moving all the furniture to the hard-floored rooms. The carpet is being cleaned today and the house now looks like we're just moving in. So my computer is disassembled and sitting in the studio. I hope to be back on schedule by Monday. In the interim, have a wonderful weekend!