A Thankful Heart

I think no matter what circumstances we find ourselves in, we can always find deficits. Someone always has bigger or better.  Although my current deficit feels like a pretty major one, I still am so incredibly blessed. I am choosing to look for the good in my life this Thanksgiving season, and be happy for all the ways I am blessed. Sometimes we find ourselves in situations where our attitude is all we really have. We have no control over what life throws our way. But we can control how we react to situations, and can make life as miserable or wonderful as we want. It kills me to hear and see women complain about their lack of sleep due to their new little bundle of joy, or say how bad they hate that baby fat their trying to work off...or so forth. I would kill for those to be my problems! It just goes to show that no matter what we have, we choose if we're happy. We can have all of life's most perfect and amazing blessings, and still choose to be miserable. It is easy to focus on the pain, or on how EVERYBODY else seems to be pregnant, or how badly we feel we deserve this. But what kind of life will that lead you to? A depressing, terrible, and unbearable one. Trust me I've been there. But not anymore. Because I CAN be happy NOW. Yes I might not be a mother, and want to so badly, but I AM a wife, I AM a member of an amazing church, I AM a developmentalist, I AM a primary teacher, I AM a friend, I AM a sister, I AM an aunt, I AM so many other wonderful things that can and should bring such joy. I am spoiled with blessings. And I am going to choose to be happy. I can. It is in my hands. I hope we can all try to have more thankful hearts, even when we do not like the current situations we are in.