Find Joy In What You Have

​This old gal…

Read a poem today…the gist of it being…find joy in what you have…

That mother of mine…was friends with the green monster…so much envy…so much jealousy…it was consuming…resented the people where she worked…was bitter when relatives went on vacation…or bought a car…or built a house…

Resented those in relationships…even that daughter of hers…high school me was flattered to be asked out on dates…and there were some…just never a follow up…poor young men…always turned down…after a fun first date…because the green monster…was too hard to overcome…

Covettess would give the silent treatment leading up to a date…and continue the snub after…throw in the meltdowns and tears…the why can’t it be me sagas…and dating trauma was just too much…

The Covettess was blessed with lots…a career…family support…a sense of humor…physical beauty…good kids…no matter how much was given…it was never enough…

Her first psych-ward-stay breakdown…came…the day of this old gal’s first wedding…none of us…should have been surprised…

It’s not about keeping up with the Jones’s…or the social media influencers…being something you aren’t…

It’s about finding what makes YOU happy…setting goals…that work for YOU…tweaking them along the way…and enjoying the treasures that come…no matter how seemingly simple…or small…knowing that YOU…made it happen…

And this husband of mine…agrees…