Be Thankful, You Are Blessed

I'm sitting here now trying to figure out what I wanna write about today in my post and I'm really not coming up with anything that I feel is necessary to be said. And for a bit I took that as a problem, as meaning that I wasn't going to be able to keep up with this blog as much as I wanted too because I can't even think of anything to write about. But then I stopped myself from thinking that way. I starting thinking about how blessed I was for not having anything to talk about. 

Now, that may sound weird, me thinking I'm blessed because I don't have anything to talk about. Well try thinking about it this way, I have nothing to complain about, nothing that is on my mind worrying me, nothing that is making today a bad day that I would want to vent about. To me, that is something to be extremely thankful for. And I am. 

Don't get me wrong, I woke up an hour earlier then I wanted too this morning with a pounding headache, Bella has been a terror all day and Chase decided to eat half of my lunch before I was able to get to it. Oh, I also spilled my entire cup of coffee on myself this morning which forced me to have to wash my couch seat covers. But despite all of this I still have nothing to talk about. That's just life. And you know what, without all of that happening today I would've had an extremely boring day. I am so thankful for all of it. 

But at the end of the day, what really matters? The coffee you spilled because your kids ran into you when you were walking with it? That you were late for work because you hit every red light? That when you get home from work you have a sink full of dishes to do? Does all of that really matter?

Try looking at it in a different way. Your coffee was spilled yes, but by your children, blessings given to you by God, that some people are unable to have. You were late for work because of the red lights? Well, you have a job and a car, two things that most Americans don't have. Oh, and that sink full of dishes, that only means that you are fortunate enough to have enough food in your house to feed your family. 

Too many people spend too much time focusing on all of the bad things in life. You're missing out on precious time. Time you can't get back. So instead of focusing on the negatives, look at the positives. 

You're alive.

You're healthy.

You're beautiful.

You're unique.

You're intelligent. 

You're you.

And that's the best you can be. 

So yeah, I may have thought that not having much to talk about was something bad at first but it's not. It just means that I am blessed enough to live a wonderful life. And I am thankful for that everyday. 

xoxox