Sometimes Kids Know Best

Sometimes it feels so easy to fall into a "woe is me attitude" I've really been in one of those lately.  Seriously, I just get the feeling like I'm in some sort of funk.

1. For starters:  I feel fat.  I haven't really gained that much weight, but I can't seem to lose any either.  I'm to the point now where I think I'll try to drive in the carpool lane and see if I can count each cheek as a passenger.
2. Work has been difficult.  I'm used to success and I don't like to settle and well lately, we've been struggling.  I hate it, it eats me up to think that we aren't performing at our top level.
3. I have a torn rotator cuff.  I'm honestly just trying to survive it, but it seems to just keep getting worse.  I'm trying to gut it out until the fall but I'm not sure I'll be able to last that long with it.  Oh, and the cherry on top of the sundae is that I injured it GOLFING, that's right, I'm probably the only person on earth who can manage to tear a rotator cuff while golfing.
4. Our house is having some plumbing issues... again... I swear that I've had plumbers at my house more often than family members.
5. My lawn mower was giving me fits tonight and it's not that old.  I think it just needs the spark plug changed and the air filter replaced, but who knows...
6. For the past 6 nights in a row at 4:00pm a migraine starts and no matter what meds I take it doesn't go away until I manage to fall asleep.
7. I'm mad that I'm mad, I'm mad that I'm whining, and I'M FREAKING MAD THAT I FEEL COMPELLED TO MAKE THIS STUPID LIST!

Whew, that felt good.

But, here's the deal... life really is great.  I took the kids to McDonald's tonight while Brit was getting her haircut, and it was just what I needed.  They were AWESOME!  I sat next to Carson and he must have given me 15 hugs during dinner.  Brooklyn kept telling me that she loved me and that I was "a cute daddy" and honestly I just smiled at the two of them the whole time we were there.

So here's the moral of the story... life is a challenge, it's meant to be challenging, and there's a reason for this.  Without challenges we wouldn't know how to acknowledge the great moments.  It's so easy for me to say this but so difficult for me to believe it, but I honestly just have to.  All complaints aside, I have a roof over my head, a family that loves me, a great job and honestly pretty decent health.  My kids honestly know best.  They laugh at the little things, enjoy the seemingly meaningless things and take life one moment at a time, with a smile on their faces.  I love them, seriously.  They are great mentors on what it means to be happy with what you have.