The Small Things

Smiling. Happy. Grateful. Confident God is at play in my life. Those are some thoughts and feelings I'm currently experiencing. Today has already been so pleasant, and it's only noon! I have felt blessed in almost every interaction that's taken place. My wife and I had a wonderful brunch at this little tea shop we love to frequent. The food was delicious. The staff was pleasant and attentive. I was thankful for each bite and just really enjoyed the meal. My mouth and tummy were simultaneously happy. 

Afterwards, we needed to go get a few "tide me over" items from the grocery store. The drive over was nice. When we pulled up I paused to let a few people pass and my wife said, "There's the empty spot I envisioned for us." When I looked toward her I saw the third spot from the door was open and waiting for us. A smile sprang to my face and I said, "Thank you, Jesus." We marvelled at how blessed we've been in this area ever since we both started practicing positive thinking, being grateful and happy now for all the blessings we have.

We quickly found the needed items and chose a fairly short line. We couldn't have been standing there more than a few seconds when this sales clerk approached us from nowhere and asked us to follow him down to his empty checkout line. We both said, "Okay!" with looks of amazement in our eyes and followed him. My wife then mentioned that this very thing has happened to her a couple of times lately. The guy who helped us was very nice and friendly.  His energy was exciting and uplifting.

This next part makes me chuckle a little.  Please know it is with complete gratitude, joy and total feelings of love that I do chuckle.

On the drive home, every stop light we came to was either green or changed to green within several seconds. This continued for the entire trip home, which is about 15-20 minutes -- and with at least 15-20 stop lights. Being a Sunday morning, we hardly encountered any traffic on the way to brunch. However, on the way home, we saw heavy traffic -- but only in the opposite direction. None of it affected us! It felt like God was clearing the pathway for us to get home. I know He was. I may never know why, don't need to. All I have to do is be grateful for all of my many blessings, especially the small things.

In peace and gratitude,

- Melinda

Reminders

I was "reminded" again today to BLOG.  Sorry, that's how it comes across in my thoughts.  I suppose if I just acted instead of doubting maybe the "scream" might become more of a whisper?  No post yesterday.  My reasoning at the time was not feeling inspired, I now know it was from not being in a place of complete gratitude.  Today, thankfully, I feel very inspired and encouraged by my inner voice.  That insistent nudge to blog reminded me I have many blessings and experiences to write about.

Paraphasing Rhonda Byrne, author of The Power and The Secret, we can't wait for the world around us to change into all that we want it to be.  We must make the changes we desire within ourselves first.  When we do that the frequency we're on changes and we start to look at the world from a different perspective.  We also begin to draw new and different kinds of experiences to ourselves.  We need only to be aware and alert to what is going on around us.

I know this to be true because it has happened to me.  Since I first started reading The Secret about six weeks ago I noticed right away things changing.  People seemed friendlier, I got discounts on things I never would have dreamed, timing worked in our favor over and over again are just some examples of how positive thinking and being grateful for what I already have brought about some desired changes.  Obviously, this just inspires me to do more, better.

I do have a very blessed life and I'm extremely grateful for it.


Abundance to All,

~Melinda