Don't Sweat the Small Stuff...(Well I'm Trying)

So much has been whipping around in my head lately. When I come up for a breath my focus is "don't sweat the small stuff." So how do you think I go about doing that...especially with such a type A personality. Well it has taken years of marriage, four kids, countless moves and upheaval in our life. I can attest for my family that I haven't come far...but I try! 

I think about this today because while I was having the crappiest day I was also have a glorious day! Nothing really all that different then any other day...
1. My 2 year old (destructor) decides to cover himself in lotion head to toe!
2. My 3 month old (sunshine) starts to giggle for the first time!
3. My 10 year old (princess) has to go to the doctor, well all 5 of us have to go since school was cancelled.
4. Doctor's visit goes horrible because the 2 LOs(little ones) want to cry the whole time and the 2 OOs(older ones) want to whine the whole time.
5. We get home and the 2 LOs have fallen asleep from all the crying so I get 1 hour to have tea and finish my book!
6. The destructor wakes up to find that it has started snowing. The look on his face is so priceless!
7. The 2 OOs are just as excited about the 1st real snowfall this year!

After all that, what is it that you remember?? I remember being there to hear my little sunshine giggle for the first time and the look on destructor's face as he sees the snow fall! Eberything else seems to have melted away. That is how I "don't sweat the small stuff." I may not be perfect at it but know at the end of the day what is really important in my life!

I am trying to embrace the chaos in my life, pick my battles, and know what I can and cannot control. You can take that as a life lesson and a business lesson. When you look back at the past what do you remember those highs or those lows? Most will look back and remember those highs and look forward with a smile on their face!