2021-05-30 — Light and Happy. 😊

It’s been a lovely Sabbath day today. 😊

I slept in quite a bit, but I had a great conversation with Big Daddy this morning. I had a good conversation with my friend Brittani today. I had a good time at church today; and I had a good time wandering the trails today–among other things.

It’s just… been a good day. I’m trusting the Lord, not giving in to fear, trying to fill my life as best I can with only the best things. I’m trying to shut down anything that takes me away from the best.

It’s funny how I forget things and then remember them again. I focus so much some times on my porn struggles that I forget that the same kinds of things I apply to help with that are fabulous to do for my other issues.

So… what do I do when I’m tempted to think, feel, say, or do something that’s not uplifting? Pushups. And… situps. And… whatever else I need to do if my body is worn out from all the exercising I’m doing to combat all the negative that tries to come in.

And I’ve been doing that today. I haven’t been perfect, but I’ve been doing that, and I’m grateful for the results.

Today, I’m happy. 😊

It’s soooo nice.

So there you go. Another great day.

#1. I’m grateful for the peace and happiness and light and weight off my shoulders that I’m feeling right now. 😊

#2. I’m grateful to have been able to create trails for my Haven Hill family. I officially notified the family today of what I mentioned in my post yesterday. They’re usable/enjoyable, though not done yet.

#3. I reached out to the son of someone who made a huge difference in my life. I found out my friend (his dad) passed away in January of 2016, but I didn’t learn that until last week. I reached out to him today on Facebook and sent him a message letting him know that his dad changed my life. While I was a teenager, doing drugs, suicidal, etc., he lifted me up and helped get me on the track that has made me who I am today. Rest in peace Nick, one day I’ll give you a hug again and say thank you for everything you did for me. I’m grateful I was able to reach out and that it meant so much to his son for me to say what I did. I might do a tribute post to him one of these days. Great man.

#4. I’m grateful to have the opportunity to lift others. I’m so blessed to have what I have. To have the time to breathe, to look out and see whom I can serve. Gonna be doing more of that here soon, as I’m feeling stronger and stronger the pull to move on from cars and get to changing the world in the ways that make my heart sing. Things are cookin’. 😊.

#5. I’m grateful

Daily Accountability:

The Positive

1. I’ve been good at kicking out things that would drag me down today.
2. Another day clean from addiction.
3. I’ve been able to worry less about all sorts of things, just in general, just… worrying less. A shift happened for me just a few days ago. I made some choices to change how some things were going, and I’ve felt, really pretty good since.
4. I see myself looking outside myself more.
5. I feel like maybe I might have some ideas for what to do in the future to change the world the way I want to change it.

The Needs Improvement

1. Need I say this one? It’s 11:09. BED TIME!!!!!!!!! I keep getting so close, and then it all falls apart. 🙃 But life is good, and I’ll get where I want to go.
2. I think there were a couple of little tiny “not best” things that I could have kicked out but didn’t? (little distractions)

Well, all you wonderful people you, another day in the bag. Happy almost Memorial Day. It think that’s the holiday tomorrow?

Loves and hugs to all y’all. 😊

Lift the World.

~ stephen