This quote was brought to my attention by reading a high school friend's blog post this morning. And as I read her post about what are real problems vs. what we may think are problems (she's quite philosophical and went much deeper than this) I give pause and I think....
I would much rather count my blessings than the coins in the bank or the clothes in the closet or the miles I've traveled to get to where I am as a person today. They simply do not matter. At all. Yes I've had my shares of ups and downs and back and forth and zig and zag. Who hasn't? But as this blog post pointed out, do I not have what I need in abundance? I always have. Even when we were homeless for about six months when I was in junior high school we had what we NEEDED for the day. And I was not even a servant of Jehovah God as I am now and this makes me realize he has watched over me, whether I was aware of this or not, my ENTIRE LIFE. Wow! How do you wrap your mind around such a benevolent, kind God and Father? Pause for thought.
And so that brings me to my goal for today, tomorrow and all the days going forward and to say "Thank You" to my God for my food to eat, my clean clothes to wear and my temporary home to keep me harbored from the winter outside. Thank you for the people I love, too, and who love me. Thank you for giving me all I need. And thank you Annie for the pause for thought.
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