11/03/2021
GRATITUDE 🙏
This is the valiant Valarie Waddell. She's like a modern day Harriet Tubman leading whoever is brave enough to be lead to Freedom... to Jesus.
I've really been enjoying her ladies night outs and I can't wait to read her new book when it comes out.
Tonight she read this passage from her book, "26 Days to a Better Relationship" and it was a passionate reminder how blessed you are and I am to have the lives we have.
SOAK THIS IN:
"The months of November and December can bring depression and suicidal thoughts for many people. These months can usher in feelings of inadequacy and lack when a person begins dwelling on what they don't have instead of what they do have. Often times people begin the comparison game and feelings of jealousy and envy set in. But built into the holiday season is a remedy. It is Thanksgiving.
⭐️ The answer is counting your blessings and focusing on the things that you do have to be thankful. When we cultivate and express gratitude it will lead to a stronger sense of well-being.
Gratitude is being aware of and thankful for the good things in our lives. It is taking the time to express appreciation and return kindness. Gratitude is something that is learned. You can learn to retrieve past blessings and maintain a hopeful and optimistic future attitude.
⭐️Choose to have an attitude of gratitude.
-If you know where your next meal is coming from and don't have to worry about getting clean water, having shelter over your head, and accessing medical care, you benefit from more wealth than many people throughout human history.
-If you have food in your fridge, clothes on your back, a roof over your head, and a place to sleep, you are richer than 75% of the world.
-If you have money in the bank, in your wallet, and some spare change, you are among the top 8% of the world's wealthy.
-If you woke up this morning with more health than illness, you are more blessed than the million people who will not survive this week.
-If you have never experienced the danger of battle, the agony of imprisonment or torture, or the horrible pangs of starvation, you are luckier than 500 million people alive and suffering.
-If you can read this message, you are more fortunate than over 700 million adults in the world who cannot read it at all.
We would all be happier if only we would count our blessings rather than our problems."
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