I was quite inspired by the Ash Wednesday service I attended this week. The sermon was about love. How you should tell the people you love that you love them, how to love all people, how Jesus loves you no matter what, and so on. Secretly I think it was more about Valentines Day, but whateves.
As I was sitting there I started thinking about who I love. Tom, Tyler & Matty, My Mom & Dad, Tom's Mom & Dad, My Brother & Emily, Jeff, Ryan & Cristy, Ann and her family, Eric & Kim, My Grandma, Grandma Donna, Rocky & Addie, Aunt Carole & Uncle Larry and their whole clan, and the list went on and on and on. (Please don't be offended if I didn't list you out specifically. My list really went on and on and I could fill this entire blog post with the names of people I love.) As all these names ran through my brain I realized I really am one lucky girl. For all these people that I love, I know they love me back. It's such a great feeling knowing you are loved, cared for, and matter.
From there my brain took a turn (I promise I was listening to the sermon at least a little) and I started realizing that often I take better care of the people I love than I do myself. I even admitted to Tom the other night that I'm constantly thinking about how to be a good wife, and trying to come up with things that I think will make him happy. You know what his response was??? "Molly, that's crazy. All I want is for you to be happy. If you are happy I am happy." Seriously what a great husband.
So, I've decided I am going to start loving myself a little bit more. I am going to start taking better care of myself and allow the people in my life to take care of themselves (I still love you). I think if I love myself more in the end I'll be able to love the people in my life even more.
To kick off this new focus I've decided to give up laziness for Lent. Yep, the Queen of Lazy Town is passing the crown on. I think giving up laziness will actually turn out to be more than a one dimensional item. It's not just "I won't take a nap after work", but turns into "I won't take a nap after work, instead I'll go to the gym." See??? multi-dimensional. Giving up laziness in turn will help me on my success journey. If instead of taking a nap I go to the gym (which I have everyday this week btw) then I won't feel like eating crap which in turn will make me feel better about myself. See how all this works?!?
When I explained this to my mom yesterday she said she was going to try and give up wine for Lent. I said Jesus had wine, so she decided maybe she would give up laziness too :)
This whole process is obviously going to turn out to be a great love story and I'm sure Nicholas Sparks will want the rights to it sooner or later. You can look for "Loving Myself" (hopefully Hollywood will come up with a better title than what I just did) in theaters Summer of 2020.
XO XO,
Loving Molly
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