Loving Life

I am sitting here with this wonderful, cool fall weather and I'm thinking how happy and blessed I am. God has blessed me with a wonderful husband, two terrific kids, an awesome granddaughter and lots of friends and family. I would like to use this blog to try to count my blessings and observe good things in this life. I read several blogs, which I enjoy reading for the most part, but one thing I notice about most of the blogs I read is that they are for the most part negative and/or narcissistic. Maybe mine will be narcissistic too, but if so, I hope that it is so in a positive manner.

I have the fortunate position in my life right now to not have to work. I know that this one detail makes it so much easier for me to relax and enjoy the good things in my life. However, when I was still working I still tried to notice and enjoy the good things. One thing I like to do that helps me relax is watch cartoons. Why? They allow me to clear my mind of all other things except for the funny goings on of the toons on my TV. It allows me to relax, my pulse to slow down, and to laugh. My favorites are the "old time" cartoons. Tom and Jerry is a classic. This is the easiest way for me to relax. When I used to work, sometimes I would come home so stressed. I could turn on Tom and Jerry and lose myself. I literally would either zone out of my current surroundings or relax enough that I could actually just fall asleep. I think cartoons are terrific therapy. There are only so many however that work in this manner. They have to be simple enough to not make you think about the story, but still funny to make you laugh. Try it sometime if you are a cartoon lover. Just let it relax you and you might find yourself in a much better frame of mind.