Welcome to Motivational Monday!

Today as I drove to work I thought about getting a license plate that says: ThruItAll. That is a song Andrea Crouch sang and made famous years and years ago. I use to hear it sung but didn’t embrace it and sing it to myself until I grew up and got real grown up problems! lol.

About 50% of the time when I am happy, I choose to be. It doesn’t just come and find me! I consciously tell my mind and spirit to step over and step around dismay and unhappiness and be happy! Gosh, I don’t know about you but for me, there are days and period of life that seem almost unbearable and insurmountable! But…

I believe: If it doesn’t kill you it will make you stronger!
I believe: For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us. Romans 8:18.
I believe: All things work together for the good of those that love the Lord and are called according to his purpose. Romans 8:28.

In this holiday season, despite all the things that are whirling around us at home or at work, in the family or in the neighborhood, we should find many reasons to celebrate His birth and pass that great celebratory spirit on to the less fortunate or those that don’t know God and the true reason for the season! Troubles will always be there! But so will solutions! Eventually, all things work themselves out don’t they?

Truly, this is the time to turn over new leaves. Resolve unresolved issues. Make the call to that person you have been hesitant to call. Give back something you took that isn’t yours. Determine to find what you lost and need to regain your confidence. Resume traditions that made sense and made it all better! Tell that person that you think you don’t love, but know you should love, that you love them. Trust me, just seeing the look on their face will brighten your mood! If you weren’t expecting to say it, they certainly weren’t expecting to hear it!

Utilize the goodwill spirit floating in the atmosphere to change your circumstances and defeat the devil! Even if you can’t change your circumstances or the people in your circumstances, you can change you and your feelings! Motivate yourself into great thinking! Choose to be happy! Make a bucket of lemonade out of those sour lemons! Call the past the past and strut your stuff into your fabulous future! 

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