Welcome back friends. If this is your first time listening to picture love, I am so grateful that you are here. And if you are back for more, thank you so much. Your time and your energy are precious. And I'm so grateful to share a little bit of mine with you today. So the topic today has a little bit to do with pictures, but pictures become more of a very sentimental analogy for my topic. And I'm going to title it, What's the Best Case Scenario? Inspired by one of my mentors, actually a collective of mentors. And before we get started, here's a quick message from our sponsor./ If you're looking for a trusted service that can transform tons of printed and digital pictures into something that's space conscious, beautiful, and displayed on your walls or in a legacy album on your lap, then look no further. Reminiscence by Kris LeDonne is here to serve you and your loved ones. Now you can continue to make and capture beautiful photo memories, enjoy sharing them with ease, and make new memories in the process of reminiscing You can find inspiration and a contact form at krisledonne.com. Or just check the show notes for a link. Now back to the show. Last week's episode, I was talking about how to take better pictures with your camera. And it wasn't just like the technical part and tips and lighting. It was about, you know, good practice and good intention and, and mindset behind taking pictures. Because quite honestly, if you go into taking pictures with, with a mindset that's just going to cause struggle, your results are definitely going to be limited. But. I had a, a really, what you could consider a turbulent Sunday. I thought it was going to be relaxing, and my to do list was a little shorter because I just, I needed a day of some rest, at least, and I'll be honest, a whole lot that I had planned did not happen, and a whole lot of unexpected turns took place. And without rehashing it all, let's just say flooding in the basement and a power outage were on that list of unexpected events, and dealing with it alone because my husband had just left for California. That's fun. I, I am honestly laughing and I was actually laughing at the time and if you don't mind letting me indulge a little bit, I'm kind of proud of myself for how I smiled through it all literally because I'd say a year ago, the same scenario, I would have had some choice words and probably a stream of complaints to match them. I discovered the magic of mindset again, when things that we don't necessarily want to have happen can take place. And I could actually feel good during the process. So that was, that was me practicing what I preached yesterday. And I, Literally, my feet are wet and I'm mopping up puddles on the tile floor and discovering things that weren't as clean as I thought. So I'm just messing up a whole bunch of towels and going from mopping the floor into just wringing them out and throwing them in the wash. And Running another load only to hear water pouring out like, what is going on? And then, and then the power goes out and I'm standing in the dark with my feet wet. I'm like, I started to laugh. I started to laugh. And it wasn't like a hysterical stress laugh. It was more like, Hey God, Hey universe, can you please put the lights back on for me? And what was so funny is as if to say, hang on, the lights went on and off one more time. So, and then it stayed off. I am not going to rehash. It ended up being totally fixable. Everything that happened yesterday was fixable. And as a matter of fact, things got resolved faster than I even imagined they could. And I really and truly believe. It had everything to do with my mindset. So I was actually smiling for my energetic camera, not, not because people are taking pictures, but like, you know, the essence, the intention of, you know, smile for the camera, make a happy picture. While that can be the intention of the person in the picture, and they sometimes need to be reminded by the photographer, in this case, I actually was smiling on the inside and on the out. And it was so, so exciting to feel in my power and resilient to get through that. And not have it ruin the whole day. As a matter of fact, the best case scenario for me was I ended up with a, a major clean out that needed to happen because we're getting ready to list our house. And I wanted to have this laundry room, not only tidied up, but I wanted to get some pieces out of the room. And I did that in the process, just with greater urgency than I might have off of a to do list. So, Honestly, at the end of the day, I was a little bit tired, but I got everything done on my list and more and went to bed with nobody being harmed. It didn't cost me another penny out of my pocket on top of all the, you know, things you do to get your home ready for somebody else. And I was really, I was really proud of myself. So my best case scenario was a whole lot of positivity after the bumpy start for the day. So if you're still listening, you are either resonating or you're keeping your mind open to to decide if you're going to find some resonance and maybe somebody listening to this either now or down the road is going to listen and this far and say, yeah, Kris, I'm just not there. I am not miss Susie sunshine. I am not able to just turn on my happy face when things are flooding around my feet. Well, I totally understand that. If it helps, I have a couple little tools you could use. One of them, it, you could phrase it as a game, you know, what's the best case scenario. But it's sometimes a little bit easier to step outside and look at yourself from, you know, mile high perspective, you know, zoom out, big picture. And if you need to maybe pretend that you're actually me and you're looking at your scenario from the point of view of the person giving you this exercise or somebody whose opinion you really honor, because we all have to be selective about whose opinions we allow in our heads, not to derail things, but zoom out and, and literally ask yourself, okay, something just happened that I didn't ask for, something I didn't want in my day. What is a possible outcome? Can I fix this faster than I thought? Can I learn how to let somebody else step in and help me? Can I look at this in a new way and be proud of myself on the outcome? I'll give you another example. We had put an offer on a house that we withdrew. And while it was disappointing and it was kind of sad, looking back, I know that was the right thing to do because it was just getting too difficult to, A, buy the house because there were so many things that needed repair and we couldn't even get a homeowner's quote in order to move forward and The seller had just really not been honest about a whole lot of things and and then even if we just moved in and it Looked perfect. It really didn't function the way it should I need my home to function. So we would have had to not only spend more money, but a whole lot more energy making it work. And my husband and I realized we were working too hard and it was being too difficult. And that is not the only house on the market. Maybe our house isn't even on the market yet, our next one. So not to, not to derail coming out of that, it didn't go the way I wanted to, but the best case scenario is maybe that help ed buy us some time for our future best choice to actually get ready for us. it did take some pressure offs cause we're still trying to get some stuff done here and our current home that needs to be done. You know, our, we have empty nest and there's still a whole lot left here that two people no longer need now that there are not four full time humans living here. So, these are some of the best case scenarios, and I really truly believe that this relocation does not have to age us. It does not have to strain our marriage. I really believe, and I choose the life where this can be so much easier than I've experienced before. And I've moved before anybody who's listening to this has some inkling of, you know, how crazy and chaotic it can be to move. Where I'm going with this is the best case scenario is we're focusing on one house right now, not two. That just simplified things. And sometimes ease requires fewer things to focus on. A whole lot of trust, of course, but I am choosing to smile for my energetic camera and I invite you to do the same thing too. So consider zooming out, asking yourself, what is the best case scenario? And even ask the universe, what's even better than that? I'm calling in the easiest relocation I could ever imagine or something better. Because quite honestly, the human brain only knows what it's experienced, right? And I'm sure that this universe is full of ease and delight that I have not yet identified in my human brain. And I invite you to open up to receive that. And sometimes when we open up our windows and our doors, we got to make space for that fresh air to come in. So it could be you're cleaning out your closets at the same time I am. And if you need people to help you do that, I got some great names for you, but I digress. Let's just find ways that we can be more fully present for ourselves so that we show up as a better, more light filled version in the world. And that is how I choose to picture love today. I picture love in my photographs and I picture love in my energetic photos, my memories, and my choices. Every single one of us. Has a different scenario and different stories, but we always have opportunities where we can look at something from a fresh perspective. Notice the birds in the tree. What would you look like to them from their perspective? If you need a little bit of positivity, And you don't have somebody to call, then consider this your pep talk today. You are strong enough. You are worthy. You are so capable of exactly what you want or something better. So I invite you to open up to it and let's just keep picturing love, not just in our photos. And when you smile for the camera, only do it because you really mean it. Mean it let's consider smiling because that's how we really feel and let's consider that photos when you're not Smiling doesn't mean they're negative. It just means you're being in your authenticity and It's always nice to have a friend remind you when you can smile too. So there's your reminder from me to you With so much love, have a beautiful day and keep picturing love and let me know how you imagine the best case scenario in your day.