It is always a blessing to actually stop and take a moment to think about the blessings you have received. You get blessed twice! The first time was the actual occasion and the second blessing comes with the recounting and revisiting of the blessed experience.
Yes, this year has been some what of a mess . . . but there continues to be blessings on a daily basis.
I'm glad I was brought up to look for the blessings beyond the mess.
We are blessed to have my mother-in-law and both of my children celebrating Thanksgiving with us today - small group of very special people. My mother-in-law was able to sell her house and move into a beautiful retirement community this year. That has had its own challenges since it's difficult to meet people in a pandemic where everyone is supposed to stay distanced, but she is enjoying her daily walks through the woods and around the duck pond. And it's a blessing to know that she is safe and in a good place.
Both of my boys are working, as are my husband and myself. What a blessing! We are very grateful for the opportunity to be useful and to be able to participate in our communities.
It has been a blessing to be able to provide music for our religious communities, both on line and in person. There are definitely challenges that are attached to providing music these days, but the blessings outweigh the challenges.
The other day I heard someone say that they were being required to do things differently, but not to go too far away from the original goals. It made me think of the saying of "thinking out of the box". Sometimes you need to stay 'within the box'. Did you realize that, even INSIDE the box, there are 6 sides and 6 corners? LOTS of different perspectives. Lots of different angles. Lots of opportunities for creative answers on how to do things. We can't always do things "the way they've always been done", but we might be able to put a new spin on something and become blessed with new, possibly even BETTER, outcomes and answers.
I hope that you become blessed with bigger and greater opportunities for unexpected outcomes and growth as we work our way out of the mess of 2020 and into the new opportunities of 2021!
Yes, this year has been some what of a mess . . . but there continues to be blessings on a daily basis.
I'm glad I was brought up to look for the blessings beyond the mess.
We are blessed to have my mother-in-law and both of my children celebrating Thanksgiving with us today - small group of very special people. My mother-in-law was able to sell her house and move into a beautiful retirement community this year. That has had its own challenges since it's difficult to meet people in a pandemic where everyone is supposed to stay distanced, but she is enjoying her daily walks through the woods and around the duck pond. And it's a blessing to know that she is safe and in a good place.
Both of my boys are working, as are my husband and myself. What a blessing! We are very grateful for the opportunity to be useful and to be able to participate in our communities.
It has been a blessing to be able to provide music for our religious communities, both on line and in person. There are definitely challenges that are attached to providing music these days, but the blessings outweigh the challenges.
The other day I heard someone say that they were being required to do things differently, but not to go too far away from the original goals. It made me think of the saying of "thinking out of the box". Sometimes you need to stay 'within the box'. Did you realize that, even INSIDE the box, there are 6 sides and 6 corners? LOTS of different perspectives. Lots of different angles. Lots of opportunities for creative answers on how to do things. We can't always do things "the way they've always been done", but we might be able to put a new spin on something and become blessed with new, possibly even BETTER, outcomes and answers.
I hope that you become blessed with bigger and greater opportunities for unexpected outcomes and growth as we work our way out of the mess of 2020 and into the new opportunities of 2021!
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