Have you ever been grateful? For small things, not just big things?
Have you ever felt small? Like you are not well liked or well thought of? Have you lost hope? Have you felt like you were surrounded and all things were closing in on you and you felt trapped?
Recently I felt that too. I Have heard it said, when you are grateful you can not be sad or lost. Well I am here to tell you that although you may not be able to be them at the exact same time, you can swing between them in a moments notice. You may not be able to be them all at the same time but one does not necessarily preclude you not feeling the other, or to not be
struggling. Have you ever felt like you would not be able to ask for what you need or for help at all? Are you always the person who steps up to help, never expecting others to think you are worthy of being helped?
Help can come from people you may not even know or suspect will ever help you. When people stand up and take the time to ask what you need, you realize you are not alone after all.
I am very grateful for the people that have stepped up in the last little while. I did not know so many people cared about me. I had no idea that anyone would think I was enough, that they would to step up and even think of being my rescuer.
Part of those that have stepped up that I did not expect, were my doTERRA family. I had no idea that they would care about me. How I effected their business for sure, but not me. The gratitude I felt at their kindness helped me to feel calmer and more able to look at a bigger picture. What they did they did and continue to do makes a huge difference even though the actual things they do may seem small and insignificant to them. It makes me feel seen.
Yes I used essential oils to help with the stress, and yes they made a huge difference with my mental stress. I still use them, and could not have made it this far without Frankincense and Adaptiv, but when you have acquaintances that you have know for years step up and be true friends, you feel special and that all things are possible. I never knew I had true friends.
Have you ever been grateful for something small, and then discovered it lead to something bigger to be grateful for? Trust me, be grateful for all tokens of thought and appreciation directed toward you. Take people as real when they pay you a compliment. Yes we do not hear compliments often enough, but they are real and true. So when you do hear one, take it to heart. There are more people out there thinking and hoping good things about and for you.
Be grateful for all things. Getting up in the morning and standing. There are those that can not. For the meal you ate. There are those that have none. for the bird that you see and hear sing for all feelings of gratefulness lead to another happy thought and another happy thought. Although like I said at the beginning of this blog "it is said you can not be sad and grateful at the same time" but you can swing pretty fast between them", the more you are grateful the more positive you become. So be grateful for the small stuff and the bigger stuff will come.
I have had been the recipient of many gifts and thoughts that have made the last few years of strife better. I am blessed to have had so many people take the time for kind words, be a sounding board and help me in may other ways. I am grateful.
Financially speaking, I am also grateful for the people who have let me into their homes and allowed me to help them with their issues, in doing such I have been able to keep the products I need for my health paid for. I have never thought of my clients as a paycheck and never will, none-the-less I am grateful for the what the business allows me to do.
One never knows just how much and well you are loved until strife comes along. I am so very grateful for many people who stepped up and helped. You are an inspiration and I am grateful for each and every one of you. Thank you all for walking with me on the path that God has laid before my feat. Thank you for teaching me that I am enough and worthwhile.
May God Bless and keep each of you as he has and does me.