"Give thanks for another day. For it's a blessing." Vicki Reece
A sad truth is that so many people wake up and look at the day ahead of them with a negative attitude. They are discouraged and down because they have to go to work or maybe they have a long to-do list to take care of. Maybe today, you are one of these people. Maybe you just don't want the day to start becuase it seems like you have too much to do. If this is you. let me remind you of something, let me remind you that every single day, not even every day, but every single moment is a gift from God! He has hidden blessings all throughout the day for you to find and discover, but you cannot find those if you are trying as hard as you can to get through the day so it is over. It is a gift that you woke up this morning. It is a gift that you woke up in a bed with warm blankets. It is a gift that you are able to enjoy another day, so why waste it by going through it with a negative attitude? Look at today as a gift from God. Open that gift that He has given, and most importantly enjoy it. Go through the day knowing that you will never get another one like it and make the most of it.
Great advice! We are trying to instill this attitude in our daughter (she's still a toddler) as well as ourselves. We began a thankful journal as a result and I can already see it working in her little heart. It was cute hearing the things she would say at first and they often were silly and fun little things, like an imaginary friend, but some days she surprises us with really profound things. I'm glad to give her this gift at such a young age and am learning from it myself as well.
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