Mary Engelbreit
For your consideration…
My friend, Janet, introduced me to this artist many years ago. I love her work. When our message came in today, I immediately saw this image, it is one of my favorites of this artist’s works.
Last year for Mother’s Day my daughter, Alex’s, gift to me was a gift of Storyworth. Every Monday, Storyworth sends a writing prompt for me to write a story on. You can keep the prompt or ask for a new one. You can add a picture. The goal is that at the end of the 52 weeks there is a book of my stories. I must admit that when I was gifted it, my immediate thought was, “Oh great, one more thing to write. I still have not published my books. Yikes.” Ungrateful much, Chris? Yeah, well that is right along the lines of today’s message.
Of course, typical me, like with the books, I have procrastinated. Monday rolls around and I either don’t have time, or I want to think about the prompt, etc. So as Mother’s Day approaches, I know that I have to step up the pace. I have set a writing goal to do one a day until I am caught up. Yes, I know…it would have been a lot easier doing it once a week. Do I have to do all of them? No, of course not. But somewhere during the course of this year, I have had a real attitude change. I see the value of leaving my story behind for my family.
When today’s message came in, I immediately thought about my mother. Yesterday’s prompt was things your mother taught you. So it was not surprising that I heard her words as an example for today’s message. When she didn’t like our behavior, when we would roll our eyes or make those annoying sounds when we didn’t like something, she would say, “Change your attitude.” And guess what? We knew we better do it and we did.
As adults, we don’t have someone to tell us to change our attitude even when clearly that is what needs to happen. We forget that we can. When we are unhappy, angry, annoyed, anxious, etc., we can change our attitude. We can choose to take a step back and get a different perspective. We can choose to change to positive thoughts. We can choose to change how we see the ending. etc.
That is the HOPE. And so it is.
Bit by bit, piece by piece, HOPE by HOPE action steps anyone can take…
-Affirm…“I am loved.”
-Meditate/pray…ask…”What is my next step for my highest good and the highest good of all?”
-Drink lots of water.
-Get outdoors and take in at least 10 deep breaths.
-Don’t forget to put our crystals out in the full moon.
-Here is the link to Storyworth in case anyone else would like to write their story.
https://welcome.storyworth.com/ca
What made me smile yesterday…
-Yep, some writing done.
-My brother got to head home.
-Catching up with my sister and Cathy.
-A good book.
-Some good crafting done.
Love, Blessings, and Gratitude,
Rev. Chris
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