2 Minute Motivation
I Choose Gratefulness, Over Hatefulness.
I know it sounds cliche’ so what does it really mean
What it means is all of life, every tiny, sticky, pin prick of it has meaning and whether I like it, or not, I’m to count it all Joy. James 1:2.
Is it easy? No, and it’s not suppose to be but it has it’s purpose which is worth pondering.
How can I know something is good if I haven’t experienced the opposite? How can I know I want to hold onto my life and cherish it if I haven’t ever come close to losing it. It’s simple, I can’t.
Gratefulness isn’t the opposite of hatefulness but they run parallel. When I hate something it means I’ve drawn a bad conclusion. I’ve judged something or someone and I’ve found it to be a thing that offends or disgusts me greatly. And so I say, “I hate them, or that.”
If I’m grateful it means I’ve judged it as a good thing and I’m happy about it. I feel blessed by something or someone and it’s lifting me up. I can’t help but want more of it. I’ll end up saying, “I love them, or that.”
To choose hatefulness is to say I prefer the darkness of things; circumstances, evil or bad people, places, and negativity, over light. Does this sound like a good way to live? I don’t think so.
I have lived long enough to know this will drag me down into a place I don’t even want to visit, let alone live in.
And so I choose gratefulness.
What do you choose?
