Appreciate what you have

My husband often tells me that I complain a lot. It is true. I often see what is lacking, and not what is there. Things have improved with the years, though, at least in a way that I think that my glass is very full in terms of the big things in life: family, friends, health of the prior. From a struggling teenager, I think I have come a long way. But there is still a long way to go, in particular in terms of finding appreciation for what I "do". And for all the little things happening around me, including the little things that others do. Especially when tired (which one often is with three small kids), I find myself reverting into old patterns of behaviour and thought that I thought I had moved on from. This is the finding of a common study: parents of small children are on average more content with their life overall than those without kids, but less content in the present moment.