I cannot promise you that I will be there all the time
I cannot promise everyday will be a good one
Nor can I promise that it will be easy.
But I am trying to be kind and understanding
I am trying to be patient and non-judgmental
I know you will not be there all the time
I know everyday will not be a good one
And I know that it won't be easy
Just try to be kind and understanding
Try to be patient and non-judgmental
"I am in debt."
"I am in a dead end job."
"I need a new car."
"My family stresses me out."
"The person I am with is driving me up the wall."
These are the common annoyances that we hear all the time. "If only everything was better", we continue to say, "If only my life was easier. If only I won the lottery!"
Many people apply for new jobs thinking their situation will get better. Many people will go to extremes just to be "happy". What happens if only you change your attitude?
In a daily word I received through a friend stated, "God changes us before He changes our circumstances. We are thinking, 'If only my circumstances would change', when God may be thinking, 'If only your attitude would change!'"
Staying in the negative does not change your outcomes but it only affects the people around you who you are making your punching bag. Why dwell on things you do not have and cannot control?
"Bloom where you are planted!" - stand out at your job or wash your car to take some pride in what you do have.
Right now you cannot change too much of your circumstances but if only you were positive about what you have.
If only you understand that your debt may be worse.
If only you understand that having a dead end job is better than having no job at all.
If only you can see that your old car still gets you from A to B.
If only you can see that your family stresses are rare for those who do not have a family at all.
Even though your significant other is annoying and getting on your nerves for now but if only a lonely person would have someone there to drive them up the wall.
Not every circumstance is the same and of course some are better than others but if only our attitudes changed then we can start to see some of the changes we think we need.
