I made a post of facebook last week that included a few quotes "Miracles come in CANS, not cant's" - Joyce Meyer, "Expect Miracles" - Unknown & " Always believe something wonderful is about to happen" - Unknown. I also included a quote of my own "It's just a matter of perspective - I choose to find a miracle everyday. Like a personal "treasure" hunt."
I am full of questions, curiosity and wonder. I find positive everywhere. I laugh at things that others find ridiculous. I see beauty where others only see something hideous. I hear songs where others only hear noise. I find good in people that others have chalked off as "lost" causes. Why? I say, "why not?" Because it is who I am. It is who I was created to be.
No, I am not living in a fantasy world. I know that this world is full of corruption. I know that there is evil. I am aware that spiritual warfare is going on. Does that mean that since I CHOOSE to have joy in my life, that I am naïve? No! It just means that I have had enough of negative in my life and I have made a conscious decision to be positive. Does that mean that nothing bad ever happens to me? No! It means that I just trust and BELIEVE that something good will come from it. I watch the news - I see what is happening. The media is geared to telling us the disputes, the horrors, the arguments, etc., etc. I pray for the people, our government, this nation.
What does it hurt to focus my thoughts on miracles and wonders? Nothing. What hurts is when I am so focused on looking for a positive, that I don't see the hit coming from the negative. What hurts is when I don't ACT when led to do so. I can choose joy all day long, but who am I helping by not speaking and calling out the negative? The answer is, no one. As an adult, mother, daughter, friend - I have to get off of my laurels. Tough love is also positive - I have to straighten up my God-given back bone. I have always been afraid of hurting someone's feelings or making them mad (preferring to be hurt my own self). I have come to realize that in the long run....I am hurting them.
The last 18 months have been a whirlwind of changes in my life - all for the better. I have had to make conscious decisions that I never thought I could make. I made them. And, guess what? No one died because of them! Matter of fact - those decisions brought about so much more positive and I am truly blessed. So, now I am putting my faith where my mouth is, and I say - "bring on more changes, I am ready, I am willing and I am able." I will speak truth even if it hurts. Because the hurt is only for a moment.
It is a learning process - and I am not as far along in this lesson as I would like to be. Who's fault is that? Mine. I take full responsibility for it.
Positive brings positive. I will continue to search for the rainbows - it is a gift that I treasure.