the hartsteins

I don't blog as much as I used to. I don't journal (handwriting) as much either. As much as I treasure knowing what I was thinking at a certain point in life, I have come to realize that I dwell so much on tomorrow rather than today. See for yourself. If you go back through my blog entries, I'm sure you'll see lots of dreaming about having children and dreaming of plans for when Dan graduated, etc. I've gotten tired of living in tomorrow; I was missing so much of today! So I decided that I want to have a positive outlook. I am choosing to live for today. What you think about comes about, right? And if I can't be content with what I have today then I would be choosing to be a miserable person. And who wants that??

I sing while I shop. I almost wish someone sneakingly followed me around with a camera so I could see myself as others do. One of the best presents I've ever gotten is our iPod. I take it with me everywhere. I listen to sermons on it, worship music, positive Christian music, positive secular music (to a very small degree and only if it's edifying). But I do. I do sing while I shop. Typically for groceries. I have the iPod on and I sing :). I'm quite certain people hear me. I've never gotten any looks, with the exception of children. They kind of smile at me when I pass by :) Because they secretly wish they could sing, too :) And they can. They just need a little boldness :). When I caught myself singing the other day, I thought to myself, "self, quiet down. people can hear you". And then I reminded myself that I might be the only piece of humor in some of these people's day :) I do watch Ellen pretty regularly in the mornings ... she's inspired me to dance more. So today while I was singing in Dahl's supermarket, I danced :) Not crazily, but just as I was walking down the aisle of the store (kind of like how Ellen dances while she walks around the audience towards the beginning of her show, you know?)

I love it :)