What an afternoon! It was yet another Little Gym afternoon (always a good thing). We got to the car on this hot first day of September to realize not only did my keyless remote not work, but the entire SUV was D-E-A-D (not good). At this point I could have taken one of two paths: stress out, sweat more, or, follow the lead from a great movie I watched again on TV the other evening.
"The Pursuit of Happyness" is honestly more sad than happy and I told my husband this was probably be the last time I would watch it for awhile because of the amount of swelling my eyes do after crying through the duration of the movie. But the lessons on positive thinking and keeping yourself in positive attitude stick with you and can't be missed. There is a scene where the father and son (Will Smith and real-life son) are homeless and in a train station. Will Smith's character convinces his son that an item he is trying to sell is actually a time machine. At this most dire moment, the father puts on a happy face, puts his son's happiness first and makes even the most unbearable of situations not only bearable but fun; amazing.
I pulled upon Will Smith's character traits today for the hour we sat waiting for my husband to show up with the jumper cables and in that hour got the girls a treat of Smoothie King, and our oldest even got to participate in the older kid's advanced gymnastics class (she was grinning from ear to ear as the instructor let her try some of the "big kid tricks.") The day could have ended with a migraine and tears (from myself or the girls), but thanks to this re-run of a great movie on TV my mind was in the right place and my children were a bit happier because of it.
*Side note* The jumper cables still didn't help to revitalize the car, BUT, I'm staying in a positive state of mind and know tomorrow will bring better things :)
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