Thankful for you...
So I have been gone for awhile. I went adrift with Halloween and Thanksgiving.
I am still trying to find my bearings. Now, it is really Fall it is crisp
outside. Now until January I will be concerning myself with the next event, meeting,
activity, what gifts to get, where to get them, how much to spend, where we are
spending the holiday and what we will do. It can be so stressful and I never
think it should be.
For Thanksgiving or
rather the month of November I have been keeping track of what I am thankful
for. It seems like a small thing, but it has helped me to be less stressed. When
I think of what I am thankful for it makes me realize how blessed I am. Which
is something that we don't focus enough on. We
live in a society that we focus comparing our haves with others.
I have been trying to focus on non-material possession, but rather
attributes or things we take for granted. What makes who are we and how we see
the world. This excerise has make the me realize the things I take for granted
like indoor plumbing, hot water, clean drinking water, and modern medicine.
Boy, life would be so different if we didn't have these things. Look around the
world there are people who survive without these and their lives can be and are
much more difficult.
I have come to appreciate my family even more. While growing
up there were many times I didn't want to be where I was. As time moves on and
I see my children grow I realize how great my childhood was and wonder if my
children will feel the same or how different. I laugh about how silly my parents
were like when my mom would make silly faces as she dropped my at the
babysitter. My sibling that seemed to
make my life so hard when I was younger but now it's so much fun just to hang
out with them.
Then there are those things that you notice about yourself being
comfortable in your own skin, how your life choices have made you who you are,
or the confidence in believing and having faith. This is what I need to focus on; how to be me.
It is so easy for me to find the best in others, but I don't take the time to
look at myself. With everyday life I
allow myself to take a backseat in almost everyone because I think they are
more important.
This is not how it should be. We are important in so many
ways and to many people. Be important to yourself. Take time to do devotional,
pray, and have conversations with God to help you discover who you are and the
path you should be on to grow. We never
stop learning and growing unless we allow ourselves to.
Be thankful for you.
