Choosing to be Thankful
Does anyone else ever feel like they take two steps forward and one step back in life? I've wanted to write a post for awhile, but wasn't sure what I should write about. There's so much I could say that sometimes it's easier to stay nothing at all. So yesterday I asked God to give me guidance in what to write. He did not answer immediately, but this morning I had my answer: I needed to write about being thankful. In the past few weeks I have felt like I've been battling against myself. It is easy for me to fall into patterns of thinking that are unhealthy--feeling like I'm a failure for not having a 'better job', not eating healthier, not pushing myself to make friends here where I know very few people. So instead of focusing on what I do not have, today I am choosing to be thankful: I'm thankful the Lord provided a job for me, with the flexibility to start working on my writing more I'm thankful for music--does anyone else love ...