I was talking recently with a friend who has been diagnosed with a debilitating disease...not fatal, but incurable. She is in pretty much constant pain and must take a heavy duty drug daily. Through it all, she said, the thing she feared the most was becoming a broken-down old woman.
I told her that that might be exactly how she wound up...as a broken-down old woman. But, the good news is, if she maintained her grateful heart, it would not matter. She would still draw others to her, because a grateful heart does that. She would still know love and kindness, joy and peace. Only her ego-victory thoughts would natter her about being a broken-down old woman...and she learned long ago that she is powerless over those thoughts coming, but she is not powerless over them staying.
We learn to turn from self-seeking thoughts toward self-giving thoughts...a simple "thank you" does it.
There is nothing that will come to us that cannot be met with "thank You" that we won't be the better for. A simple "Thank You" when our life event still looks "OMG...No!" is the pearl beyond price.
Thank You.
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