Things I Haven't Shared

Scrolling through pictures on my phone, I'm realizing how many things I chose not to share in the last few months. Not drama or negativity or any sort of dirty laundry that I would prefer not to share in any case, but good and happy things. Things that were actually worth sharing.

It wasn't entirely intentional~ it was mostly just busyness and life,  but aside from that, I sorta had this low level feeling of discomfort around the thought of sharing so many happy things~ like I just wanted to keep them privately to myself and my own little world.

This would be fine, except when I thought about one partial reason~ A part of me figured there would be a few people would see my happy stuff, curl their lip and flare their nostrils in disapproval and shoot unhappy downer vibes my way.

That's the thing about the wonderful world of the internet~ it's hard to filter out the rain clouds. If you share your sparkle, someone wants to dull it.  I don't know why some people have such disapproval for an abundance of fun, or why they feel others should be doomed to a linear progression of blah. 

Logically, the number of effs I should give about what those people think is zero. But, there must be some underlying subconscious parts that do care, or at least that wanted to protect my happy stuff and didn't want to put myself in the target range of unpleasantries.

I recall back in the earlier stages of my divorce, and prior to that, my ex husband's deployment, I had dealt with similar issues of some people thinking (and saying) I wasn't appropriately somber. That's right~ too happy~ too many smiles ~ too much laughter and fun. Whatever...

When I think about it, it actually makes me laugh more. 

Then again, I started thinking that perhaps, a good deal of my reluctance is my own upper limit problem, which is entirely in my own head.

Denise Duffield-Thomas talks a lot about money blocks ~ how women will often subconsciously create a maximum cap of how successful they can be. There's a whole lotta psychological reasons, but it boils down to because they aren't comfortable getting too big for their britches. 

I bet the concept works for other success as well. Like, it can feel weird to be really happy and blessed, especially when there's a lot of unhappy stuff in the world.
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I realize however, that all of this is ridiculous.

If one of my offspring or a friend told me they were hesitant to share good news, whether because of Potentially Negative Nelly's or because they felt uncomfortable having something so awesome, I would surely suggest they let that nonsense go and share away.

Fun is a good thing. The world needs more things to smile about, right?

And since I would tell my kids or my friend to let their light shine and share their smiles with the world, I think I'm gonna do the same. (Plus I really wanted to get 4 blog posts in this month, and this will help me hit the mark! Ha!)

So, without any further psycho-analytical ramblings, here are a few random and wonderful blessings from the last few months I would love to share....and also, here are some happy thoughts cards to print and spread smiles if you are also inclined.

Trips to the ocean~ The Big Waters always make my heart smile, even if if it's mega windy... Better yet, trips to tropical beaches, like on Maui, where the waters are warm and the flowers are as big as my face....

I Love that I get to adventure in awesome places like this city that I LOVE!!!

I also love that I get to hang out with these entertaining teenagers.

And my Wonderful Offspring, and on occasion, my Little Brother's offspring... And we live in a beautiful place, where we can ride bikes to a beautiful river (my bike is awesome and apparently bigger than a smart car!) and watch the sun say goodnight.

And of course, this guy....My Partner Extraordinaire.

Life is Good Indeed, and I am so Very Happy to be able to share it.
If you're happy and you'd like to share, I'd love to see what's making you smile as well!
​Post a picture on the Facebook post and share it with a friend.
Happy Spring!