EVERY DAY IS A NEW DAY 

"Even in darkness it is possible to create light. — Elie Wiesel

Ever have one of those days, weeks, years where nothing seems to go right? Sometimes you find yourself so focused on what went wrong that you can't see what possibly could go right? I've had my share of dark nights of the soul in my lifetime, and I've realized that I have to see that every day is a new day, filled with possibilities. 

There is a story about a woman who asks the Buddha about the troubles she is going through. He asks her to knock on a few doors in her neighborhood to find out if there is anyone she can find with no troubles. She thinks this is a strange request, but she follows the Buddha's advice. The first door she comes to, she finds a woman who is ill and cannot tend to her children. The woman decides to help and stays for a week to assist. She moves on to the next house, and the next, and the next. Eventually she is so involved in helping the individuals she meets, that she forgets about her own troubles.

When I am feeling low, I think about what I do have to be thankful for: a roof over my head, a place to sleep, food to eat, friends and family, and a place to call my Spiritual home. And actually, finding that Spiritual home, was the very thing that seemed to make everything go right.

Know that TODAY, and each and everyday literally becomes the BEST day of your life, when YOU choose to see that it is. It doesn't matter what's going on around you, it only matters what's going on inside of you. — Hal Elrod

Remember all that you have to be thankful for. Giving thanks attracts more to be thankful for.

Love and Light,

Rev Sandy Smith

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