It is harder to write when things go well. The basic story structure that we are taught is conflict, climax, resolution. Without conflict there is no story to tell. That is the story structure of fiction. It isn’t the structure of a biography or a memoir or the examination of the environment of dolphins. Life isn’t fiction and neither is this gratitude journal.
Let us take this moment to acknowledge blessing one of the day as a day without conflict. That will not last. Just last night I had two wild boys jumping on me and kneeing me and whatever other ninja moves they could think to execute in those moments. I love playing with my boys but I’m not a big fan of being kicked in the face. That is a tad bit of conflict that awaits me, because I am certain those boys will rise with energy ready to attack the day, and I’m the day.
My kids’ favorite question is often where are we going today, and after a week of being busy and working I am not sure I want to go anywhere today. Last Saturday was our park and library adventure and we could look into that again or we could do ice cream and mini-golf. There are a lot of options out there. It is what happens when you live in a vacation hot spot.
A day in our own backyard, in our own home, sounds good to me. My car needs washing and I am sure there is other work to do around the house. The hedges need trimming but we have a lawn company that is allegedly going to do that eventually. They still haven’t sent me a bill though. They did but I got the alert it was coming and then it never arrived.
That’s not a blessing and is clearly conflict. I’m sure they would like to be paid and I would like to pay them. It feels good to wake up in a good mood. Let’s hope it stays that way. My mood can be a fragile thing. All people’s can. If the right or wrong button gets pushed everything can feel like it is falling apart, but for now this is an excellent day and I look forward to it staying that way.
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