Oh My God!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I Have to do.....

My To Do List this Week:

How many times have you complained about having to do a bunch of tedious…seemingly unimportant things for the week…as I enter this week I have thought of all the things I have to do…

Have To:

Clean the house

Do the Laundry

Finish some articles

Commute to Seattle

Teach

Entertain my Kids on Summer Break

Grade Papers

And so much more…………………UGH

Wait a second…..on second thought…I am able to…..I actually get to….

Get To:

I get to clean a house; a house that keeps me safe and warm

I get to do laundry….in the convenience of my house….and wash nice clothes

I get to actually finish some articles that I am going to submit to be published in a professional journal that somebody might read and learn from

I get to drive my car to Seattle….a car that is paid for and safe and gets me from place to place

I get to teach and help people understand how to be effective and sensitive counselors….I get to have maybe a small influence on how my students might view the field of counseling and their clients

I get to spend fun time with my healthy kids, hanging out, visiting, talking and loving them

I get to read papers that students took the time to write and entrust me with…what an honor

I get to do so much more this week….things I don’t even realize yet….how exciting

HOW AWESOME is it that I get to do so many things this week and that I am able and willing to do these things…

Can you change your Have To list to a Get To list???

Be a person who lives with a "I get to do things attitude"…………not a "have to attitude"….makes things much more joyful!!!

Keeping it Real with Dr. Mary Amanda Graham