Counting your Blessings!!

It has been a long time since I last blogged. I was going through some stuff that was not inspiring me to write positve entries, and I want this to be a positive piece of me, so I witheld for a bit.

Now..life is life because of the positives balanced by the negatives. We all have negative moments, happenings, and thoughts at times, it is what we take away from the experience and how we respond that determines who we are. One thing that I have been taught to do (not that Im an expert, it usually takes me effort) is to Count My Blessings. In church we sing a hymn that bears this title. My favorite verse is as follows "When upon lifes billows you are tempest tossed, When you feel discouraged thinking all is lost, count your many blessings angels will attend help, support and comfort give you til your journeys end". (I may have butchered the last line, when Im singing on my own these are the words that I use lol). This rings true to me, when I take time to think about the blessings, my positives, it changes my perspective on the whole day. Like today for instance, I hit no traffic coming home from work, I found frames that I like that my insurance covers, I was able to share my appreciation for Edgar Allen Poe helping my brother with homework, and ....you get the point. Sometimes we have to really search for them on those really tough days, but if you try you will find it, they are there, those little blessings, those tender mercies, are there every day. Let us all take time to think about them, and show grattitude to the One that allows such things to take place.