It's my birthday today. Every year I think about where I had hoped to be by this time or what I am hoping to have happen in the future but right now I'm just so ... happy. I'm tired and I don't have a career and all I do is sit at home. I don't foresee traveling any time soon and our budget is tighter than it has ever been (and I have forest green carpeting!). But this is the absolute best time of our lives. I feel so... full and my life has so much meaning all of a sudden. I should also mention that January is usually incredibly depressing for me. I hate the cold and it's such a long month with no breaks but this year I feel like life is SO GOOD.
When I look back at the birthdays that were low points for me, I know that God was working in me and that my life was going the way it needed to go. This is a high time in my life and I know that we will have many more highs and lows but I think I've learned that even the lows have a purpose. Maybe more of a purpose than the high points. So if you are feeling low I hope you can find a purpose for it and know that how you decide to deal with it will shape you into the kind of person you will be. I believe we are given the ability to react in any way to what is going on in our lives. I sure haven't always been proud of how I have looked at my circumstances but I've tried and will continue to try to see them for what they are. But right now I don't have to work so hard to feel blessed and my days are FULL to overflowing with moments of gratitude. Even the sound of the boys waking up while I'm writing this makes me smile. I thank God for this moment and for the harder moments that have made these moments even more precious.
Happy Birthday to me.
When I look back at the birthdays that were low points for me, I know that God was working in me and that my life was going the way it needed to go. This is a high time in my life and I know that we will have many more highs and lows but I think I've learned that even the lows have a purpose. Maybe more of a purpose than the high points. So if you are feeling low I hope you can find a purpose for it and know that how you decide to deal with it will shape you into the kind of person you will be. I believe we are given the ability to react in any way to what is going on in our lives. I sure haven't always been proud of how I have looked at my circumstances but I've tried and will continue to try to see them for what they are. But right now I don't have to work so hard to feel blessed and my days are FULL to overflowing with moments of gratitude. Even the sound of the boys waking up while I'm writing this makes me smile. I thank God for this moment and for the harder moments that have made these moments even more precious.
Happy Birthday to me.
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Thanks so much for your thoughts! makes a person think, I really appreciate it!!!
Sharon Parker