About a month ago I was down from all that happened over the winter. I caught the flu, COVID, and sprained my ankle. I remember driving home every night and thinking how everything was getting so bad in my life. Even in the world around me, all I was seeing was what was wrong.
But it all changed on February 13th. I was driving home and I prayed to see the abundance that is in my life. I knew it was there. I just needed to refocus. Things tend to come to me in the early morning. Right on cue, during the 3/4 am time, I saw all that I had to be thankful for. From my wife and family to our parents, all of you, and the florist at the grocery store. Simple things like the blades of grass and farm animals that produce food. I saw a image of our garden this summer. The flood of images was like a mighty river, flowing effortlessly. I woke smiling to our alarm and held those images. Each day since, I have given thanks.
We get to choose how we see the world. It is loving and hateful, light and dark, wins and loses. Its all there, but what we focus on is up to us. The bible tells us, “to he who has, more will be given.” The more we focus on and give thanks for the abundance, the more we will have.
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