Today's Food for Thought (October 9, 2017)

The difference between hope and despair is a different way of telling stories from the same facts. - Alain de Botton

Life is a series of challenges – when body and mind are stretched to their limits to overcome. Despair not. For it is during moments of wiggling in the dark that you most learn about yourself. That you most value the light. Confront challenges with hope and embrace them in complete gratitude. No matter the situation, discontent is never justified. All is opportunity and privilege to venture and grow. God uses your struggles to reveal His great sufficiency. Only when you pass hardship, will He give you something wonderful. Only when you endure difficulty, will He give you something amazing. So let Him work through you and trust that even when all doors remain closed, He will open up new ones only for you.

Life has a series of new beginnings, of falling down and getting up again. When we fail, we think of giving up, but God uses our failures to make us wiser. Accept the challenges so that you can feel the exhilaration of victory. Happiness doesn't depend on any external conditions, it is governed by our mental attitude. Develop an attitude of gratitude and give thanks for everything that happens to you, knowing that every step forward is a step toward achieving something bigger and better than your current situation. Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood. No room for regrets, only HOPE for what is to come. Choose to be happy. Find joy in the simplest thing and see beauty in each person you meet. Remind yourself that no pain comes to us without purpose. 

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CHRISTMAS COUNTDOWN: We only have 77 days to go before Christmas 2017 and 84 days remaining before 2017 ends.