The day started with a small (but large given the way things have gone lately) success in that I got up on time despite getting to bed late yet again. Victory. 😊
It was a hard morning, though, and I let myself get swallowed pretty quickly. My friend Cory sort of assigned himself text duty without me asking, and has been texting me my “Over the last two hours, have you chosen what you want most over what you want now?” question at 8 a.m. every morning and 2 p.m. every afternoon. It’s been really good for me to help me refocus, take stalk of things.
This morning, I let him know that I was having a really rough time, and during the day we texted back and forth, and though I had been sinking lower and lower emotionally, he encouraged me and challenged me to look at things differently, look at things as a wonderful opportunity to grow.
I’m grateful he did. Because of his encouragement and texts in the middle of some pretty low lows (and this coming while he was dealing with some really tough lows himself), I was able to make the kinds of choices that were growth choices when I probably would have wallowed for a while and might never have stood up, faced the challenges, accepted them, and conquered them (to a degree).
So… thank you, Cory, for being a true friend to me. We’ll have two thoughts of the day, both in honor of Cory today.
Thought of the Day #1: “A true friend never gets in your way unless you happen to be going down.”
– Arnold H. Glasgow
#1. I’m grateful that I was able to get up rather easily this morning, despite the lack of sleep.
#2. I’m grateful that I’m close to on time right now. I’m a little late, but it’s 9:03, so I’m close.
#3. I’m grateful that I was able to get the water pump job done today without too many issues (I wasn’t quite emotionally with it and said yes to a big job on my day off. Oops.). I need to charge more for these jobs. They take like 4 hours, but book time is only 2 ish hours. Whoops! Gratitude. I’m grateful that though the job took a while, there weren’t any major challenges.
#4. I’m grateful that my mother went and bought groceries today. That was supposed to be my job yesterday, but I didn’t get done with the last job until 30 minutes before Aldi was going to close. Thanks, Mom!
#5. I’m grateful for Cory. He’s been getting hammered himself lately, so positive thoughts and prayers his way, por favor.
#6. I’m grateful that I’m in a much better space right now than I was earlier today.
#7. I’m grateful the tire on the Durango didn’t blow on me. I had one tire blow yesterday (big cut in it like a ran over something with a really sharp blade), and I’ve got at least one more that’s ready to blow, but it hasn’t yet. I’m hoping it makes it to the tire place before blowing.
Thought of the Day #2: “The man who staggers and falls because his burden is too great can lighten that burden by taking on the weight of another’s burden. You get by giving, but your part of giving must be given first.” ~ Spencer W. Kimball
All right, y’all wonderful people you. Time for bed. Thanks, as always.
~ stephen
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