{favorite things}

first watch/listen { http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33o32C0ogVM }

today, i think i'm going to take julie andrews advice and think of my favorite things. you should too.

i think we get caught up too often in the things that aren't going 'right' for us. we unconsciously put up our blinders. our blinders are things that do exactly as their name says, they blind us from seeing things. i always think about the things they put on horses on the side of their eyes so they have no peripheral vision. we put on our version of those blinders daily, without even realizing it.

i'll be the first to admit, i'm guilt of putting my blinders on frequently. especially lately. i've simply been down in the dumps over multiple things. and to make matters worse i've been focusing on that-the things that haven't been going the 'right' way. i haven't taken the time to take my blinders off and see the good things around me, the blessings within my 'crap'.

i was sitting here working on my homework when this song came through my pandora playlist and it made me stop. thats exactly what i need to do. i need to think of my favorite things and then i wont feel so bad. i know its cheesy. but seriously. imagine if we thought of our favorite things whenever we got upset, frightened, angry, sad or any emotion besides happy. our outlook on the situations we are in would be completely different. it might be exactly what we need to do to take down our blinders.

this is my goal for the rest of the week. or my motto. to think of a few of my favorite things. to find the things in the midst of my mess that i love. i'm going to be deliberate about bringing light into my darkness. to take down my blinders and see the full picture. no more tunnel vision. i want to see the kingdom of heaven and all its beauty raining down around me.

i'm off to find a few of my favorite things, and so should you.