Ann

Light the darkness

Find some way to be thankful for your troubles. For it is a great way to start moving beyond them.

Gratitude is always a powerful place to begin. Find something for which to be thankful, and you'll discover a valuable way to move positively ahead.

Being resourceful does not mean that you have more resources than anyone else. Being resourceful means that you're able to see and to make full use of the resources available to you.

That's especially important when obstacles, troubles, frustrations and tragedies threaten to overwhelm you. Look at those troubles not with dismay, but with gratitude for the value that you know is there.

Yes, it may seem strange to be thankful for your difficulties. Yet it certainly beats the alternative, which is to let those difficulties get the best of you.

Have the courage and the insight to practice gratitude, even when things are at their darkest. And it will shine a positive, empowering light on even the most difficult situation.

-- Ralph Marston

Gabe

Okay, this is hard homework.
First time around, it sounded very sarcastic.
Maybe if I can find a way to be "sincerely" grateful for my troubles, it will help to work around them.
Someone said to me recently, "You have to walk through your sadness to get to your joy."
Which I guess is another way of saying, "Keep your eye on the prize."

Ann

Something I have found, Gabe, is that experience has shown me that even sitting in darkness is a way to grow. I had to do some of my biggest healing in darkness, I had to grieve there and let go of the fear, and when I was done, when I had walked through it, I knew that once I came out the other side I would not have to go there again. I made peace with my pain. For me, that was a positive. And knowing that, when I find myself in darkness I can be grateful because I know that it will take me back to the light a better person.

I chose my signature for much this same reason. When my night is cloudy or dark, there is still a light that shines on me, the light of knowledge and grace and healing.

Hugs
Ann

nutz

I gone thur more than my share and I'm going through it now.
I know , it gets better
it just gets real harry , that's all.
I feel a part of me is dying, that's why I struggle so much.
a break up is actually a break through.
While I know it's grow pain.
It still freaken sucks!!!
there tears at the tip of eyes most of time, now
I'm scared sheitless
my arss is falling off
and feel like I'm going out of my freaken mind
cuz I tripped in the hallway between the two doors
but i know it is there that I meet my maker.

thanks ann and gabe

Ann

(((Nutz)))

We'll share our light until yours shines too, Nutz.

Hugs
Ann

Anna

Ann, that is absolutely brilliant! I love it!

Anna