Life is like a fast moving car on a dirt road, if time is not taken, the passing coils of dust would make us forget the beautiful scenes along the road. It takes a decided traveler to pause and behold the beauty that have been concealed by the dust. It is easier to complain about the dust than to appreciate the beauty beyond the dust.
But the question is, does the dust stop covering the road because we whine about it? And because of the dust, are the beautiful scenes of the road non-existent? Complaining seems to be our default setting and we do it at ease. Fact is, we hurt our health and mar our days by complaining unduly instead of appreciating what we ought to be grateful for. No matter how much dust covers a gold bar, it remains gold.
If we would be grateful for what we have while aspiring for higher heights, the emptiness in our hearts, the hurts and dissatisfaction would eventually begin to heal.
Imagine a good hunter who goes to an all-night hunting trek and yet sticks his game in a big bag with big holes beneath it unknowingly. Can he ever have a full bag? He might have the best catches of the night but his bag would never become full. I see most of us gathering our wealth, dreams and achievements into big hunting bags with big holes beneath them. We are only careful to get more and never seeing the need to appreciate what we get. The emptiness continues in us because we are never grateful for the catch we have achieved. Gratitude changes the story.
I must confess how much I sometimes look so forward in life dreaming, hoping and aspiring for more (which indeed is not at all bad in itself) without appreciating where I have come from to where I am and what I have at where I am now. When that began to change, I realised more easily what I achieved in the past and the things God freely gives me daily. From these past glory moments, it is easier to believe that the next dream and plan can become realities through God’s leading and provision.
I bet you that a grateful heart and an eye of gratitude is a very good source of energy that can propel you into doing more today than you ever thought.
Before you think your day, week, life and year have been so bad, never forget that you had to be alive to realise that. A living dog they say is better than a dead lion. There is hope for a better tomorrow with life. THERE HAS NEVER BEEN A TOTALLY BAD DAY IN ANYONE’S LIFE WHO HAS AGREED TO PAUSE AND SEE LIFE THROUGH A GRATEFUL LENS. Never end a day without being grateful for anything.
#IT’SABEAUTIFULDAY
CHARLES SELORM DEKU 