Is this happening to everyone?

Have you ever been guilty of asking why is this happening to me? I have, and sometimes it’s daily. Why did my car get broken into, why did I get a flat tire, why was I in this wreck, why did my love one pass away, why am I broke, why does my boss hate me, and on and on and on. We as humans spend so much time asking why that we don’t stop to see the big picture most of the time. We don’t stop to think that maybe that flat tire kept us from a dangerous wreck that happened just minutes down the street. Maybe our boss treating us like that is pushing us to try something new. Maybe there’s something that we’ve been desperately wanting to do, but because of the safety of our job, we didn’t. Maybe that annoying cough we’ve been having will make us finally go see a doctor, and they find something that saves our life. Maybe the loved one we lost was hurting so badly that staying here on earth meant living in pain, and now their pain is gone. I am in no way saying all bad things that happen to us can be justified as a positive thing. I’m not saying that at all, but in these day to day annoyances to us, I think if we change our focus, we might just be able to see that what happened to us could be to our benefit, rather than spending our days grumbling over what happened to us.

This blog today won’t apply to everybody, and again, please know I am in no way discarding horrible things like sickness and death. I wish I could better understand why these things happen to us, but those are not the things I speak of today. Today I want us to wake up and realize that each day  brings different things to us all, but they don’t have to knock us off course and cause our entire day to be ruined.

I have a little secret for you. Things do not just happen to you! Things happen to us all! Maybe it’s time to turn our words around and stop walking around asking why is this happening to me, and start calling in good things into our lives! Start calling in victory, start calling in joy, start calling in good breaks! Stop walking around using negative words and a negative attitude! Do you know that you cannot impact other people or help anybody when you’re walking around depressed and feeling like the world is against you? That’s what the devil wants to do to us! If he can get us first thing in the morning, he can effect our attitude for the entire day! Don’t let him!! You’re better than that! You were made for more!!!

I am preaching to the choir here!! One little thing in my morning has had the ability to almost ruin my entire day. In recent months as I become more aware of these little things, I am seeing a shift in not only my attitude, but my outlook on life and my ability to see life for not only what it really is, but for how great it can be! I try to start out each day with first prayer, then mediation, some affirmations and then my workout. I try to end my day reading and thanking God for the day he gave me. You will find what works for you, but I urge you to find something throughout your day and in those times of annoyances, stop, take a minute, turn around your thoughts and just have faith! I cannot wait to hear from some of you about how this is changing your life, as it has begun changing mine!

With love for you all!

Shauna