Why?
Well remember my pity party post from yesterday. Well the things I've been struggling with were outlined in black and white over at Faith Barista's blog today! Now I don't know her, so there's no way she knew all I'm going through. But I do follow her blog. So imaging the dagger to my heart as I read the first sentence in my blog reader this morning:
“The choices are never easy.
We can nurse wounds of having been cheated in life, or we can be grateful and joyful, even though there seems to be little reason for it.
It is this power to choose that adds dignity to our humanity.”
~Gerald Sittser, Professor of Christian Spirituality
Wow. That's really all I can say. Because the rest of her post felt like it chopped my heart into tiny pieces. And now after reading her post, it's time to put me back together the right way. In a glass half-full kind of way. And here are the 4 rules of fearless living that she suggests to do that:
1. Choose the Harder Choice.
2. Keep It Real With Others.
3. Practice Seeing the Glass-Half-Full.
4. Pray For Courage To Make Mistakes.
So on this fair Thursday, I choose to be thankful. I may have to remind myself of that 100 times today, but I WILL be thankful.
Seeing the glass as half full has been something I've struggled with for several years now. I still haven't figured out what it takes to start being more optimistic... but I guess I'll just continue to work on it. That's all we can do right? Just continue to work on ourselves... hang in there sweetie!
ReplyDeletebeautiful!! I struggle sometimes with being thankful, but I always feel so much better when I'm reminded (like now) to be thankful for EVERYTHING:)
ReplyDeleteGreat insight. I usually let myself be sad, sometimes we need to let it all out. Then it's time to pick ourselves back up, remind ourselves on the beautiful things in our lives :) it's all a process, right?
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