Sometimes I forget. It's easy to get into a funk and complain about what we don't have. Or even to wish for a lot more. When what I really need to do is look at my life and say, Thank you. I shouldn't look at other people's lives and compare. What I need to do is look at myself and say, what can I be thankful for? Because whatever state I am in, I can be content.
I have a Facebook friend who, I swear, goes on vacation every 2 months. At least. It would be easy to wish I could do that. It would be easy to wish I was hanging out on the beach soaking in the sun. If that's how scrolling through fb makes me feel, I need to quit scrolling.
I was out running early one morning about two weeks ago. Normally I wear workout pants that are Capri length. It was hot so I put some neon green shorts on. I'm running along when this blonde, pretty girl with L-O-N-NNNGGG legs in shorts and a sports bra comes running at me. I could be wrong, but I'm pretty sure she smirked at me when we passed each other. I felt short, frumpy and slow with thunder thighs.
Now I can't quit exercising cause some blondy knows she looks better than me. But it'd probably be better for me if I got over it and was just glad that I am trying to run. (And maybe I should lay off the cookies.) #buttheyaresogood #cookies #mydownfall #justsayno #cookiemonster #quithashtaggingeverything
It's super hard to have a grateful heart. It's easy to want more clothes. It's easy to wish I had a babysitter every Friday night. It's easy to look at the Joneses and wish I could have their car, house, landscaping. But once again, it's my choice to be thankful. I was reading a book the other day that gave my final thought: what if at the end of the day all you had left where the things you had thanked God for that day?