Grateful For...

a miracle!

i hope you're having a great weekend...

despite the weather being maybe not too sunny where you are,

or that you're not feeling a hundred percent...

are you up to seeing past that

&

able to have a good weekend anyhow,

being grateful for the things in your life that are good

&

precious?

it is easy to focus on what is hurting

than remember

and be grateful for

all those bits of us

that are still working perfectly.

it is easy to forget

those days of summer when

the sun was beating down relentlessly

and you were sweaty and hot

and wished for a cold day..

when you're fed up and ready to complain about winter!

{or vice versa}

it is easy to focus on the problem

&

forget about the big picture!

the big picture in my life

is that

despite the challenges

i see

 growth in my life

&

in the lives of my family

&

the richness and wealth of all kinds of things and experiences

that we enjoy

in our everyday lives.

i believe in miracles..like tuesday.

when mr m rang early in the morning

asking for help,

as well as putting a little cash in the bank for him

i prayed

asking God to fill his car with miracle fuel...

'til he got to a petrol station.

he had 7 km to get to work

after putting all he had..$2.50 in the tank...

{his gas guzzler still registered on empty!}

he made it.

then he had to get to a petrol station

during his break..

a little money was in the account by ten in the morning,

after a dash by me ..to the bank.

he mentioned his dilemna to a mate at work

and was told there was a closer petrol station

than what he had thought.

a hundred metres from the petrol station

the engine spluttered for the second time

and he was just able to make it

by driving exceedingly slowly and coasting where he could..

into the driveway to fill up!

he was able to refuel his own tank then too..

after a weekend without food.

{he had shifted into another house

he had no money - due to a pay glitch over the queen's birthday weekend-

and his friends mum

had emptied all his food out

while helping to clean out the fridge!}

but i am grateful for miracles

i am grateful

it all worked out in the end.

i am grateful for 'maxabella'

and the opportunity

to focus on gratitude at least once a week..

and put everything back into perspective

when we can't see the trees for the forest!

naturally Carol xox