This morning as I write I am reflecting on my day yesterday. I find in life that I am so richly blessed. The recognition of these blessings can be crowded out by a fixation on what is not going right. Today I CHOOSE to focus on my blessings.
Yesterday I had a pretty typical day on my off week from the trail. I read a little bit, I talked to a few people on the phone, spent some time outside and ran some errands. It was a pretty ordinary day but maybe those things I classified as ordinary (and kind of run of the mill) were really extraordinary. As I think about what happened yesterday I want to see the miracles in my day.
Yesterday I was in my front yard walking around and talking to my mom on the phone. John, my next door neighbor, smiled and waved. He is always so friendly and considerate. He asked me how my dresser worked out. "It works great. Thank you so much!" I replied. John is always a bright spot and so considerate.
Yesterday I also spent time in the back yard picking tangelos. How often do I stop to consider the miracle of having legs to climb a tree and and hands to pick fruit with? My body is such a gift. Not only can I pick the fruit but I smell its sweet fragrance and observe its rich color. This fruit also provides nourishment for my body. The tree grows and bears fruit not for itself but to give to others. I want to be more like that tree--giving without reservation.
Yesterday I talked to my mom, Kelli, and Kaitlyn. I am so blessed to have a wonderful mother. My mother is so caring, thoughtful, nurturing, and overall wonderful. I love my mom so much. How blessed I am to have a mother who cares. She is my best friend and I am so glad I can call her mother.
Talking to Kelli and Kaitlyn really brightened my day. They are such good friends and good examples. I love how they live close to the Lord. I always feel uplifted talking to them.
God is so good to me. What a privilege that I was able to spend time in the company of good friends and family yesterday. How blessed I am to live in a great neighborhood and to feel safe in my environment. Today I am choosing to see these blessings as tender mercies from God. I want to attribute these things to him. I want my heart not to be full and weighed down by the absence of things in my life. I want it to be full with gratitude for all I have been blessed with. I want to see with new eyes. To find the beauty in my circumstances. I want to choose to be happy now.
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