things around~

drew and i don't agree on something. well, other than he gets fruit on his menchies where I think that is gross and you have to go with chocolate/sweet things (artifically sweet that is) but something else major. he doesn't see the point in making the bed.

i mean logically, i suppose it makes sense.

i feel anxious and a,mndfasndfklasdf if the bed is not made. it kind of goes along with other things. like he thinks its silly that I like cutesy little napkins in the kitchen. or why I organize my magazines in the magazine bin a certain way. These are petty examples, but happy things around me make me feel better.

so sue me.

throw pillows? another great example. every night, 5 pillows get thrown on the floor. and then in the morning get put back. haha. for no other reason except it makes me happy.

i was thinking about this, because i had another lovely encounter with a gentlemen that made me think.

it was after valentine's day, and I was doing the obligatory "did you have a good valentine's day?" (PS. that could be an awkward question I realized ;)

he said, "i suppose blah blah blah" and then asked how mine was. I was probably a little too peppy and said "oh it was great! it was my first one since getting married!"

this man started huffing and scruffing about how easy it is to have a happy valentine's day when you still like your spouse. when you enjoy their company, when you WANT to go to dinner with them...

yikes.

he keep going. "try having a happy valentine's day when you have lived with the same person for 49 years and they STILL badmouth the way you make their poached eggs in the morning. come back to me in 30 years and tell me if you STILL are having a happy valentine's day."

i was speechless. but he had a point. when things are happy, its easier to be happy.

this old gentlemen was taking it a liiiitle too far, but he got me thinking.

if it helps to have happy things around, (be it throw pillows or a pretty boquet of flowers) so be it.

THEN, my homegirl Beth Moore took it a step further for me.

"Let's be nice to people today.

it's shocking sometimes how little it takes in this stone-cold world for people to catch a glimpse of Jesus."

it's so true. be nice. your smile or simple "good morning" can be as influential on people as a freshly made bed with arranged throw-pillows can make me feel (and it's much cheaper.) ;)