IT IS TIME TO GIVE THANKS FOR WHAT WE HAVE AND FOR A MOMENT TO STOP DWELLING ON WHAT WE DO NOT. SOMETIMES THIS IS HARD TO DO, WHAT WITH A CHILD WHO IS IN TROUBLE AT SCHOOL EVERYDAY AND ILLNESSES THAT STRIKE WITHOUT WARNING. THERE ARE PHONE CALLS FROM BILL COLLECTORS, DISPUTES WITH NEIGHBORS, ALWAYS SOMETHING TO KEEP OUR MIND OFF OF WHAT WE TRULY DO HAVE. WE ARE ALL BLESSED, MAYBE MORE THAN WE KNOW. ALL ONE NEEDS TO DO IS SEE A CHILD’S SMILE AND YOU WILL KNOW THERE IS A GOD. FOR HOW ELSE COULD THERE BE SUCH A BEAUTIFUL SIGHT? STOP AND TAKE A LOOK AT A SLEEPING CHILD, OR REMEMBER THE LAST TIME YOU WERE GIVEN A HUG FROM A SMILING FACE. THINK FOR A MOMENT OF THE LAST TIME YOUR CHILD CLIMBED UP ON YOUR LAP. AND THEN, TAKE ONE MOMENT, AND IMAGINE WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE IF EACH DAY WE WERE THANKFUL FOR WHAT WE HAVE. IF EACH DAY WE TREATED OUR CHILDREN AS THE BLESSINGS THEY ARE AND NOT DWELL ON ANY SHORTCOMINGS. BY Odis E. Shultz November 24, 1999 HUG A CHILD TODAY!!!!!!
Reason for writing:
Was just sitting and thinking of what I have to be thankful for in my life, and realised the biggest blessing of all is my children.
Birth sign: Cancer
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