Are you only bringing to light what mistakes were made? Are you only bringing to light the criticism toward ongoing things that we might slightly take for granted? Sometimes lots of good can be in our lives, but when that good has been around for awhile, it can seem just a little more usual and familiar than that initial time that good stepped right into your life. What I mean by this is: acknowledgement lights up people’s worlds. Something good in our lives never has to become boring or overlooked. Transfer this same concept to the people we have in our lives. Think about how good it makes them feel when they’re heard, seen, noticed, or you can acknowledge something and make it feel fresh once again. Making that magical sparkle come alive time and time again.
With prayer, I’ve noticed there is a part of me sometimes that wants to hold back on verbalizing out loud what my current blessings are. What i mean by this is: Sometimes i sorta get that feeling, “God sees this, he knows what I am thinking, we’re good.” The reality is: that’s a little part of me that is resisting having that conversation and talking out loud to him, because it really does get vulnerable when we drop our guards, and have an out loud conversation with God. I’ve noticed when life gets a little tough, being able to verbalize that gratitude out loud to him can be freeing. I end up having lots of conversations with him when i take hot showers at night. dim lit or in the dark. Totally relaxing, sitting still in there and breathing. Laying it all out on the table. the tougher and the easier but continuing to always thank him for the good that was apart of my day and the good that is to come.
There’s something to be said about setting this as the standard. helping reprogram our mind to focus a bit more on the light. I don’t know about you, but lately there has been lots of amazing things happening in my life, but there are still tough things that I deal with. Things that come in waves and bring us down for a little while. Some things that take a little more time to process. Some things we don’t always have the words for. This is where the conversations with God really come into play. I’ll say things like, “things feel _________, and I don’t really understand lots at this moment, but i do ask that you stay here closer to me while i find calm, stillness, and a little self love to do the trick while i heal from this tough situation that is occurring. we’re always healing from something. and that’s okay.” its not that we always have this big solution, but sometimes asking God to stay close, verbalizing out loud how we feel, and giving thanks for the strength to go through these challenges can go a very long way.
once again: I hope this short passage helps inspire people to not take the small things for granted. listen to how you feel. understand it. don’t talk poorly about our feelings. they’re parts of our soul that are speaking to us. sometimes when things are tough, it can be very hard to see the good. its almost like our mind is familiarizing with pain and tough, and seeing the opposite end of the spectrum as something so distant. the reality is: the good is not distant. The good is right there. rub a little dust off of it, because there are several things right in front of you that are blessings. when things are tougher, do some good for yourself. trust that time will balance things out. it will all be alright.
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