The Work at Home Millionaire Journey

I’ve been working hard on a new project lately.  It’s left me a little overwhelmed and without much time for blogging (sadly).  But, it’s going well and I should be back to “normal,” if there is such a thing, within a couple of weeks.

I was standing in the kitchen the other morning, feeling overwhelmed and a little stressed about all the work I had to do and the lack of any thought about what I might fix for dinner.

In hopped my 2 year old, sporting only his morning diaper.  He had a big smile on his face as he bounced on both feet around the kitchen floor, babbling something I couldn’t decipher.

He was totally immersed in himself.  He wasn’t playing with anything or interacting with anyone.  He was just happy.

And I wanted so bad to know what was going on in his little head.  I imagined that he was deliriously happy to greet another beautiful day full of so much potential.  I wanted to think I was at least partially responsible for making his life such a happy one.

But more than anything, I wanted to be him.  I wanted to happily hop around the kitchen floor with him.  I wanted his joy.

And it made me think about what age we are when it becomes not okay to outwardly express our happiness like that.  Or better yet, when do we cease to be that happy?  And why?

I know the short answer.  Toddlers can be so happy because they have no responsibility, nothing to worry about.  Everything’s taken care of for them.

But I’m not buying that.  I think that’s just an excuse.  And not a very good one.

We see the same sunshine that my toddler does.  Every day has the same unlimited potential for us as it does for him.  Even more really, because we are capable of doing so much more.

My 2 year old could have chosen to be cranky that morning.  Lots of things were not going to go his way that day, and he had to know it based on past experience.  I wouldn’t let him eat candy for breakfast.  His sister would take one of his prized cars away from him.  His brother would hit him.  I would make him take a nap no matter how hard he struggled.

When you think about it, he was going to potentially have a tougher day than me.  But he chose to start off happy and full of life, just as he does every day.

He knows something about self improvement that we don’t.  Wouldn’t it be great if adults regularly started their day running around their offices laughing and smiling about nothing other than the joy of being alive?

Instead we suck down five dollar cups of coffee to wake us up, and complain about our job, our boss, the economy, our spouse, blah, blah, blah.

The way you start your day is vitally important to what you make of that day.  So take a few minutes and think about what you want from your day before you give the finger to the guy who cut you off in traffic, causing you to be 5 seconds later to work than you already were.

JENNIFER HERNDON works at home with her kids.  She has enjoyed the benefits of home business ownership for over 11 years.  Jennifer’s passion is empowering you to success through a positive mindset and consistent action.  Start today with the Seven Simple Success Steps, Jennifer’s free mini-course designed to put you on the road to personal and work from home success.

Filed under: attitude, self improvement on August 8th, 2009