Of course, it will be gone by this afternoon but we did get some. I’ve been hoping for some for over a month.

Well, today is a new day and a clean slate. DH and I talked again last night about how NOT to set ourselves up for failure. One of the special features at the end of a movie we watched last night interviewed Pat Summit, the winningest coach-not the winningest woman coach-but the winningest coach-period-of all time. Seven NCAA National Champions as coach of the University of Tennessee’s Lady Vols. That’s amazing by anyone’s standard. She was talking about people who have a fear of failure. She said that the phrase was not in her vocabulary nor does she let it be in the vocabulary of her athletes. She said she keeps her eyes focused on the end result, winning, and does not accept any other scenario. Sounds logical to me. I know that’s part of why I keep struggling so much and why I sometimes set myself up for failure. I figure I probably can’t do it anyway so why try? But you know what? NO MORE! I spent time last night praying for the strength to be successful. I visualized myself in a new swimsuit. I pictured myself in the formal I bought to wear to the symphony. No more negative thoughts. You become what you think you are and I think, no I know that I can be, and am, a winner.

On a side note, I pulled the battery out of our scales today. My daughter called me last night from Gatlinburg (they didn’t get home until around 3:00 a.m. b/c of bus troubles!) and said she was struggling with her self-esteem and that she felt fat. I listened and talked with her for a bit. But I know first thing she’s going to do when she gets up is step on that scale. She’s in for a surprise. I don’t want her sense of self-worth coming from what she sees on the scale. Besides, we need a new battery anyway. This on is getting contrary. You have to step on the scales a few times before it even works.

Have a blessed day.