GETTING RID OF THE MID-WINTER GRUMPIES
I woke up grumpy this morning. (I will spare you the ancient joke about the woman who said, “Sometimes I wake up Grumpy, and sometimes, I just let him sleep.” . . . Oops!)
Why?
Is it really so important for me to understand the why of things? I doubt it. But here goes anyway:
- It is a grey, cold, icy day.
- I’m not feeling well physically.
- I’m worried about our financial condition.
- I haven’t been sleeping well for the past several weeks.
- We are going to a new computer order entry system at the restaurant where I work, and I am not sure that I can learn it.
But here is the bottom line: None of these “whys” are particularly wise or helpful. They are not reasons. They are excuses. The truth is that I am crabby because I am choosing to be crabby today.
So, what am I going to do about this?
I’ve already done a few things.
- I’ve made a gratitude list of 50 items. (Perhaps I should go back and review it.)
- I’ve read some Scriptures. (Perhaps I could read, out loud, some praiseful passages.)
- I already ate breakfast.
- I can listen to some good, uplifting Christian music. (Okay, so I just turned on K-Love radio.)
- I can get some exercise later today.
- I can do some fun stuff. (Writing blogs is sometimes fun.)
- I can get some significant work done. (Writing blogs is work. Significant? Well, I hope that it is!)
There is one more thing I can do. Oswald Chambers writes somewhere that “moods don’t go by praying; moods go by kicking!” Yes!
So, that is my attempt to help myself (and you, gentle reader) with my (your) mid-winter grumpies. Perhaps these things might work during any season of the year.
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