The World Is A Better Place Because You Are In It!

The World Is A Better Place Because You Are In It!

There are people that do wonderful things for you and others everyday. They may be big like helping out with your mortgage payment or treating you for a really special night on the town. Perhaps grandma stayed with your child while you worked or maybe someone spent time with you at the hospital while your spouse endured an operation. Even simple things like remembering you on your birthday, sending you a “just because” thinking of you card, or sending over some fabulous homemade tamales are fine examples of charitable, generous, kind deeds and thoughts.

You may have benefited from someone’s words of wisdom that helped you out in a crunch or in a real emotional situation. Examples of kindnesses are endless.

What’s important to remember is to always thank them. We can sometimes take “nice” for granted. Go the extra mile and praise another individual. Kind words can go a long way. Sometimes finding a way to express your gratitude by a favor returned back or a small gift or token to another would be appropriate. Anything done from the heart is communicated and received with love at its center. Love is where the heart is.

It’s important not to assume some knows how we feel. We have different emotional needs and we can do what we can to insure that a person receives the respect, acknowledgement, and value they deserve. There is no denying that it feels great to know you are not taken for granted.

You are blessed everyday with gifts from God too. Wake up in the morning and take a moment before you jump out of bed and thank God for another day. Whether you are well or ill today is still a blessing. Before you get in your car pause for a few moments and appreciate the beauty around you. Thank God for the splendor of the morning, the sun that warms us, or the rain that aids in growth. As you rest quietly in bed and before you close your eyes for a restful night, assess the day’s events and give thanks to God for all the ways He was present in your life.

Of course, God comes through in big ways too. His hands touch many people to make a job promotion possible. He worked many years and saw you through many relationships before he was finally able to bring your mate into your life. And let’s not forget the miraculous creation and blessing of a child.

Thank God for things that may seem trite like green lights all the way to work when you woke up late or the near miss of someone rear ending you or perhaps more crucial things like the recovery and healing from a dangerous operation or a deadly disease.

Take ordinary moments and realize how they are unquestionably gifts of peace from God. Respond in thanks by continuing to bring positive energy in your life and the lives of others. Your praise and faith in God’s presence in your life will bring abundant blessings to you.

Thank you to all those I know personally and to those that I may never meet for taking time out of your blessed day to praise God, read scripture, stories and ideas, and for returning time after time being open to change. Thank you for seeing yourself and being bold and caring enough to release yourself from old bad habits and allowing God to work on you, for encouraging others, being a positive example, and for giving me the opportunity to share the gifts I believe God has bestowed on my life.

The world, my world, is a better place because you are in it!


Inspired by Luke 17:11-19

“On the way to Jerusalem Jesus was going through the region between Samaria and Galilee. He entered a village, ten lepers approached him. Keeping their distance, they called out, saying, ‘Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!’ When he saw them, he said to them, ‘Go, and show yourselves to the priests.’ And as they went, they were made clean. Then one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, praising God with a loud voice. He prostrated himself at Jesus’ feet and thanked him. And he was a Samaritan. Then Jesus asked, ‘Were not ten made clean? But the other nine, where are they? Was none of them found to return and give praise to God except this foreigner?’ Then he said to him, ‘Get up, and go on your way; your faith has made you well.’”