HAVE A GOOD DAY by Beka Beccue
There is nothing like a dreadful diagnosis of a horrible disease to
put everything in perspective. As we are fast approaching the holiday
time when joy and merriment are supposed to be with us all, it can
sometimes become depressing to think of what is not joyful or merry in our life.
I remember one time I was telling Grandma how much I hate mornings. I don't like to hear people talking, I don't want to eat, I can't think straight and sometimes I am just in an all around grumpy mood. She looked at me and said "Your day is what you make it. If you wake up and choose to have a good morning and choose to be pleasant then you will have a good day and you will affect your children and your husband and the start of their day."
I think that applies to this holiday season as well. If we focus on what is lacking, or what is negative then it will impact our holiday season in a negative way. If however, we choose to focus on what is good, noble, positive, and the blessings we are given then we will greatly impact not only ourselves but those around us. Isn't this what Christ calls us to do? To share His hope and His light with others. Sometimes we do that simply by choosing hope and joy and peace in spite of what is going on around us.
I remember one time I was telling Grandma how much I hate mornings. I don't like to hear people talking, I don't want to eat, I can't think straight and sometimes I am just in an all around grumpy mood. She looked at me and said "Your day is what you make it. If you wake up and choose to have a good morning and choose to be pleasant then you will have a good day and you will affect your children and your husband and the start of their day."
I think that applies to this holiday season as well. If we focus on what is lacking, or what is negative then it will impact our holiday season in a negative way. If however, we choose to focus on what is good, noble, positive, and the blessings we are given then we will greatly impact not only ourselves but those around us. Isn't this what Christ calls us to do? To share His hope and His light with others. Sometimes we do that simply by choosing hope and joy and peace in spite of what is going on around us.
As Thanksgiving and Christmas approach this could be a hard time for
our family and friends. But, we choose to focus on the joy of our
children. The love of our friends, the togetherness of even our craziest family members (and we all have them).
Grandma is looking forward this week to a visit from her son and daughter-in-law, Joe and Leeann and her only grandson, BJ. What a precious gift that time will be.
Grandma is looking forward this week to a visit from her son and daughter-in-law, Joe and Leeann and her only grandson, BJ. What a precious gift that time will be.
Today, I choose to have a great day.
Beka
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