Inspirations

Thank you, God, for our powerful minds.  Thank you that our thoughts do not control us,  but instead that we can control it.    You graciously give us the ability to think  and choose what we allow to be in our minds.  We can put and give negative things a foothold in our minds.  Or we can,  with your help,  focus on the right and positive in every situation.    Since, our thoughts also shape us,  and we often become what we allow ourselves to dwell on Let us think about what is good and pure excellent and worthy of praise.

When I first bought our house twenty plus years ago,  we had a relatively large back yard.  Now, however, the yard is much smaller.  Why?  Did I plant trees?  No.  Did I add a pool or pond?  Nope.  I didn’t even make a pretty Garden.  So, what did happen?  Well, about thirteen years ago, I took a job in a local store.  I worked much of the time,  and so mowing the lawn became everyone’s job.  The problem is that when other’s mow, they don’t like to mow the corners.  It was a small thing, and at the time, it wasn’t worth the fight, so I let it go.   As I was looking at our yard,  I realized that all those years  of not mowing the corners had taken its toll.   What I’m understanding is that it is incredibly easy to give up the edges,  but it’s super hard to take back the corners....