Thursday, November 22
give thanks
I am Melancholic, which means I keep to myself and rarely share except with truly close friends. I'm also very pessimistic, awkward, usually moody, secretive and has trust issues. But the good thing about being Melancholic and ISFP (in the Jung Typology Personality Test), I'm hopefully aware of my surroundings.
Sometimes we move through life so fast, we forget to be thankful for the smallest of things. Like a hug from our parents, a smile(an honest kind one, not a lecherous one) from a stranger, the morning sun on skin, the cool breeze on our faces, the laughter of our friends, the beautiful symphony of nature. All of this; the world, the people we love, our own lives could be taken away in an instant. But, do we stop to think of how wonderful the Creator has made the world for us, how gracious He is for giving us this world to enjoy and to experience?
Why are we so caught up in aiming for riches while the glory of the reflection of light on a dew drop is ignored? Can we stop and be thankful, sing praises to Him who has given so much beauty to this world for all of us to enjoy? Take time to enjoy the world, to actually 'live' and not let our most treasured present pass us by. Life is WORTH living, as the late Fulton Sheen once said (he won a few Oscars for his TV series on that topic, mind you).
But do we live? Sure we are breathing, sure we are eating and going through all the life processes. BUT are we truly savoring every moment? Are we taking it all in and feeling thankful? Most people don't last through a day, some babies are born dead. [ :( ] Yet, here we are forgetting to be happy that we are alive to witness to the glory of God in nature. Do we forget? I believe so. I believe that we are running at a pace so quickly that we forget that its not the destination that TRULY counts, but how you get there.
Take time today to touch the trees, to turn off all distractions and just live in the beautiful Earth that was given to us to look after. Who knows? You might find something new to be thankful for.
Sometimes we move through life so fast, we forget to be thankful for the smallest of things. Like a hug from our parents, a smile(an honest kind one, not a lecherous one) from a stranger, the morning sun on skin, the cool breeze on our faces, the laughter of our friends, the beautiful symphony of nature. All of this; the world, the people we love, our own lives could be taken away in an instant. But, do we stop to think of how wonderful the Creator has made the world for us, how gracious He is for giving us this world to enjoy and to experience?
Why are we so caught up in aiming for riches while the glory of the reflection of light on a dew drop is ignored? Can we stop and be thankful, sing praises to Him who has given so much beauty to this world for all of us to enjoy? Take time to enjoy the world, to actually 'live' and not let our most treasured present pass us by. Life is WORTH living, as the late Fulton Sheen once said (he won a few Oscars for his TV series on that topic, mind you).
But do we live? Sure we are breathing, sure we are eating and going through all the life processes. BUT are we truly savoring every moment? Are we taking it all in and feeling thankful? Most people don't last through a day, some babies are born dead. [ :( ] Yet, here we are forgetting to be happy that we are alive to witness to the glory of God in nature. Do we forget? I believe so. I believe that we are running at a pace so quickly that we forget that its not the destination that TRULY counts, but how you get there.
Take time today to touch the trees, to turn off all distractions and just live in the beautiful Earth that was given to us to look after. Who knows? You might find something new to be thankful for.
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our love lingers at 11:15:00 AM
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