Journey as far is you must, as long as you must until you get to where is your going. The road may get bumpy the journey will get tiring but you must keep going. Beyond where you’ve been before past where you thought you would go keep going

A guest post tonight from a Christian point of view, written by my sister, Lisa Z. Morgan. Enjoy!

“I was saying my morning prayers, thanking God for a good night’s sleep, for my family, for many good things in my life. I realized that if I listed the specific things for which I was grateful I could keep God tied up for an hour or two. I said ‘well, you know what I am thankful for, because you gave it to me.’

“At that point an insight came to me as to why it was important to thank Him specifically for the things for which I was most grateful at that moment. See, God doesn’t give us any instructions that are not for our own good and benefit. The very act of listing and enumerating my blessings added to my sense of gratitude, of well-being, of feeling loved by God. And a heart full of gratitude has far less room available for sorrow, self-pity or despair. When we realize how well cared-for we have been, it renews our faith that God will care for us in the day and days to come as well, so anxiety is driven out as well.

“It is interesting that in the Lord’s Prayer, which Jesus gave as an example of how we ought to pray, there is no word of thanks. Instead it is all about requests: feed us, lead us, forgive us. I wonder if that is because Jesus had no need of the blessings thankfulness brings? I have no insight there, I just know that for us humans, gratitude for our blessings is in itself a blessing.”

Each day we can work the plan.  Make a plan and work the plan. Over the course of time we begin to move every slightly.  There are days we must do things we don’t want to do in those moments we accept that which we must do. We find gratitude in the moment.  The task turns to enjoyment as we realize the small things in the moment hold thier own quality to life when we are aware in the moment.

We measure our age by the years behind us, but we measure our youth by the dreams ahead of us.

Find something in this moment that makes you feel enthusiasm or excitement.  If not accept that this is the moment you are meant to be in and have gratitude.  Anything can change in a an instant.

Caring for children is a dance between setting appropriate limits as caretakers and avoiding unnecessary power struggles that result in unhappiness.

Faced today with the question of how much we help or rescue our kids and how much we let them fall and face the consequences of their choices. It is part of that maternal instinct to protect, but just like the mother bird, if she doesn’t let her baby learn to fly on their own, even if that means falling sometimes, they will never learn to use their own wings.

Have you ever realized that sometimes we ask a question we know the answer to only to receive validation.  Sometimes however, we don’t receive the validation we are hoping to get.  So we ask another until we get someone that will agree with us. For me, I ask myself a series of question, only after making a commitment to be complete honest with myself.  This is the most difficult part of going within for the answers.  We must be willing to surrender to that fact that we are where we are bacause of choices we have made for the most part.  No we do not choose for our children, spouse or friends to lie to us, however, there were probably signs that we decided to ignore.  When we surrender in the moment we gain control to find gratitude for our awareness and in doing so allow ourselves to let the past slip away and release our hold on the future that we never had anyway.  The other thing we do is allow ourselves to open the door to understanding.  What is it that caused this person we love to hurt us.  Are they hurting and that is why they are hurting us.  There is no justified reason to ever hurt another.  Yet awareness allows us to sometimes release the anger and move forward. In the end the answer to all our questions is locked within us.  However, it doesn’t reside in the past and it is waiting in the future.  It is behind the surrender of the now that we will find the inspired answer within us.

Using the power of decision gives you the capacity to get past any excuse to change any and every part of your life in an instant.

In reading some of the questions our Facebook friends submitted there appears to be a common theme. The problems they face on the surface are really different on the surface, but the underlying concern is very similar. The basics of the problems are that they are torn between doing what is easiest and what is best. We all fall into that pattern at times in our lives. We choose to give in to a child’s temper-tantrum in a store to quiet them, knowing that the next time they see a toy they want, it will only be worse.  Doing what is hardest however is usually worth it in the long run. If that means realizing our self-worth and taking action so that others will recognize our value, then do whatever it takes, even if it is hard. If it means, putting yourself into someone else’s shoes for a day, then do it and find understanding that will help you both realize your worth to yourself and value to each other. Look at what matters for today, next week and a year from now.