As good as it gets...

[Stephy1]

This morning I was lying in bed cuddled up to dh and dd (who was unusually quiet and cuddly!) and I couldn't help thinking to myself that this was a major magical moment. One that many people would dream of and give their right arm for. To be happy, great dh, fab dd, nice house, no major health worries etc etc. I tried to 'drink it all in' and 'appreciate what I have' but I realise that I don't do this often enough, & find it hard to do.
I really think that for me this is probably as good as it gets, which is fine - cos it's great. But I want to know how to appreciate it more. How to be content with everything and really appreciate life. How do you do that ???
I'm afraid I will look back in 20 years time and think that these were the best days and I didn't appreciate them at the time.
Any thoughts ?

I know exactly what you mean. Similar thing happenned to me last night. Ds (16 months would not sleep and was hysterical in his cot, so I laid on our bed with him stroking his hair and singing lullabys which really soothed him. I was getting impatient as I had lots of things to do - like ironing and watch Eaastenders. Then it suddenly occurred to me that there will be a time in the future when ds will be to old for this and that it won't last for ever. So I made sure I really savoured the moment...

It makes me very sad to think that ds will grow up one day and leave home.

yes this is so true. I often find myself hurrying ds along when he wants yet another book for me to read him at bedtime..I'm thinking that I'm hungry and want to watch Eastenders! Then I had a spooky though the other day, that eastenders has been going for 16 years now (I remember the first episode!) but 16 years from now ds and dd will long since have left bedtime stories behind . Must try harder to love the moment!!

Northener, I could have written your post yesterday. i thopught, ohh, i'm missing Corrie and I need to get on with dinner etce tc and then thought, what am I doing... my little girl is lying on my bed with me while I sing her to sleep, chill out, everything else can bloody wait. The DP came in and all 3 of us aly there for an hour, it was lovely.

Stephy1 - the only way I have managed to increase the number of times that I appreciate the goods things in life is to make a real effort to remember to step back from things. I find that I really do need to make an effort to stop and think about life because I get caught up in the list of stuff to do, what great lives others are living etc.. unless I make myself stop and consider the positives in my life.

This thread has reminded me that I still have along way to go...

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