my all time favorite holiday
hope everyone has a fabulous day
xo
so much love for this place
can you hear that?
its island park calling my name.
cabin. cabin. cabin.
<3
The Glad Game
Ever heard of Pollyanna? Seen the movie? Read the book? I promise this extraordinary 11 year old girl will bring a smile to your face. She is a gem and I think her character has changed my life. Not even kidding. Sometimes we can get caught up in our grown up world and forget and lose sight of the things that are important and make us happy. I know more often than not I tend to let little things ruin my day or I'll get grouchy over something that I could have easily ignored. Well, miss Pollyanna lives her life in such a way that I think everyone could learn from. Pollyanna plays a game. She calls it the glad game. It's where she adapts a optimistic outlook on everything in life. Pollyanna tells how this game was invented by her father after her parents who were super poor had requested that one of their supporting churches send a doll for their daughter. When the package arrives however, it was not a doll but instead a set of crutches. Pollyanna is first disappointed but her father decided that they must look for something to be glad about for the crutches - and they had decided that they were glad they didn't need to use them. After that it became a regular game for them, and even after her parents die, Pollyanna continues to look for something to be glad about in everything that comes her way. When she moves in with her snobby aunt Polly she shares this game with her and the whole town. Her attitude becomes contagious and she practically saves the town. She is one happy little gal and even when the worst comes her way and she is put in bad situations she chooses to be glad and find the good. It's such a simple way for her to live her life, but it makes a huge impact not only in her own life but in those around her.
(Quote from "Pollyanna" by Eleanor H. Porter)
"Oh, but Aunt Polly, Aunt Polly, you haven't left me any time at all just to—to live."
"To live, child! What do you mean? As if you weren't living all the time!"
"Oh, of course I'd be BREATHING all the time I was doing those things, Aunt Polly, but I wouldn't be living. You breathe all the time you're asleep, but you aren't living. I mean living—doing the things you want to do: playing outdoors, reading (to myself, of course), climbing hills, talking to Mr. Tom in the garden, and Nancy, and finding out all about the houses and the people and everything everywhere all through the perfectly lovely streets I came through yesterday. That's what I call living, Aunt Polly. Just breathing isn't living!"
So this week I've been thinking a lot about this "glad game" and realized I could use this philosophy in my own life. It has been lingering in the back of my mind all week and for some reason I have been really happy this week. I think I've been a little more kind, outgoing, confident and less grouchy. Just more glad all the time for the life I have been blessed with. It's not always perfect and there are things I dont like.. (aka my family moving to Texas) but this glad game has helped me come to peace with it and I've been able to look for the good in it.
So anyways, I guess my point I'm trying to get across is that maybe we should all have a little Pollyanna in us.
(Quote from "Pollyanna" by Eleanor H. Porter)
"Oh, but Aunt Polly, Aunt Polly, you haven't left me any time at all just to—to live."
"To live, child! What do you mean? As if you weren't living all the time!"
"Oh, of course I'd be BREATHING all the time I was doing those things, Aunt Polly, but I wouldn't be living. You breathe all the time you're asleep, but you aren't living. I mean living—doing the things you want to do: playing outdoors, reading (to myself, of course), climbing hills, talking to Mr. Tom in the garden, and Nancy, and finding out all about the houses and the people and everything everywhere all through the perfectly lovely streets I came through yesterday. That's what I call living, Aunt Polly. Just breathing isn't living!"
So this week I've been thinking a lot about this "glad game" and realized I could use this philosophy in my own life. It has been lingering in the back of my mind all week and for some reason I have been really happy this week. I think I've been a little more kind, outgoing, confident and less grouchy. Just more glad all the time for the life I have been blessed with. It's not always perfect and there are things I dont like.. (aka my family moving to Texas) but this glad game has helped me come to peace with it and I've been able to look for the good in it.
So anyways, I guess my point I'm trying to get across is that maybe we should all have a little Pollyanna in us.
eighteen
18. a habit you wish you didn't have
i squint my eyes
always
it doesn't matter if im thinking hard & focused or not
i don't even have bad eyes & can see perfectly
i don't know what it is but
i am always squinting my gosh dang eyes
its a bad habit
a lot of the time people think im giving them dirty looks
i swear im not
meg used to tell me
"sophie, stop killing people with your eyes!"
& in pictures 85% of the time i have my eyes closed
gosh its annoying
so there you have it
a habit i wish i didn't have
squinting of the eyes
...
ohhh
& just so you all knoooww
i got a tumblr
yep. its true
so follow me if you'd like
day 17.
17. five things you are looking forward to this year
one.
june. 28
eeekk
two.
summer
& that means the cabin
bahhh i love it
three.
reading new books, seeing new movies,
& listening to new music
four.
meeting new people & making new friends
five.
the unknown
i guess its not really a thing but its always exciting not knowing what is going to happen in your life or where you will end up
i look forward to finding out
sixteen of thirty
16. a picture of you when you were little
being little is the best
what i wouldn't give to go back in time
im especially fond of the memories i have being
little at the cabin playing with judd, carly & cailey
swimming in the river, floats, making up dances, playing indians in the forest, the swings, penny candies, ice cream, night games, riding bikes, catching frogs, etc.
seriously
those were the days
everything was so simple back then
everything was so fun
and we were never bored
i am around kids a lot
a lot
a lot
a lot
i have younger siblings, a thousand cousins, and i nanny
i love little kids
i can't get enough of them
they honestly make life so great
i adore kids and if you let them, they can be the best mentors in life
everything makes them happy
and when i'm around them
i am happy
and they love the simple things which may seem so dumb to someone else
(it was surie's birthday yesterday and
she told my mom for a rock as one of her presents)
they see the good in everyone and everything
kids teach you so much about the importance of life
and i think we should hold on to that youthfulness for as long as we can
winn claybaugh once said that you can ask a child what makes them happy and they can come up with a million different things- on the other hand you ask a adult what makes them happy and most the time they have a hard time making a list
we can learn a lot from children
...
don't worry that i am baby hungry
i know i know i know
i need a husband first
but seriously i've been wanting a baby
one day ill have lots of children
i think the best compliment that i've ever received
was being told that i will make a good mom one day
lets hope this will be the truth
i dont know what it is about the idea of being a mom that makes me so happy
i smile just thinking about it
okay okay okay
im getting way ahead of myself
like i said
i need a husband first
xoxo
cheers to being young
i told ya i would finish it didn't i...?
yep.
im back to the challenge of 30
14. five tv shows you are hooked on right now
1. ellen
im proud to say i watch her show ever day
2. american idol
i dont even care that it takes up both
my wednesday & thursday nights
3. extreme couponing
lately i've been obsessed
i told laur that i was going to be a extreme couponer one day
she told me she was going to be a hoarder
haa
4. boy meets world
its on in the mornings when i nanny
yeahhhaaa!!
5. csi & ncis
always go to shows
well folks
thats all for noooww
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