"Grateful"
It's not always easy to just be grateful. To appreciate the good in our lives. I used to find every reason to stay down when I stumbled. Reason after reason to throw in the towel and let myself off the hook. I couldn't see what good could come out of continuing to fight the battle, to chase the dream, to hope. It wasn't until I talked to a friend and mentor one evening when I lived in North Carolina who told me about the importance of finding one thing each day to be grateful for. No matter how bad the day seemed, there was always something to remind you that you made it today. You got through it, and probably learned something a long the way. I think often how we encourage others to keep fighting, but we don't encourage ourselves. We don't allow ourselves opportunities to grow, to find our footing, to feel the prayers surrounding us, to see beyond the cloud of doubt. A cloud we probably created. I read recently that being grateful has many benefits. When you move your focus from the negative to the positive you start seeing all the beautiful possibilities around you. This ripples out to others and before you know it that positive influence comes back to you. There will always be challenges, but how blessed are we that the victory will always be in our ability to do all we can to simply be better than we were yesterday… And that we woke up with another day to do it- For that I will always be grateful.
Believe in the Unbelievable that is YOU and my prayer for you today is for a grateful heart. That you walk in to today with gratitude and thanks to God. "For everything God created is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving, because it is consecrated by the word of God and prayer." ( 1 Timothy 4:4-5)
Have a great day ahead everyone.
David "DC" Carrizales
"All things are possible if you believe." Mark 9:23
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