Be Thankful!

As we approach the Thanksgiving Holiday, we all hear "Be Thankful"!  But are we reallllly thankful?  We (including myself ) are all guilty of complaining and at times being unappreciative, so during this time of the year we ought to really put things into perspective. Have you ever thought how our lives would change if we had an outer body experience?  Suppose, instead of worrying about what you were going to wear to work, you were having to take your child to have surgery, or a week after you got into an argument with your friend/family member that they turned up missing or dead, the argument would be pretty insignificant then.  So in the season of Thanksgiving truly be thankful and put situations into perspective... When we complain about our jobs, think about the jobless, when we complain about our pregnancy, think about the couple that is desperately trying to conceive, when we complain about our looks, think about the burn victim, when we complain about our hair, think about the cancer patient, when we complain about our children, think about the family that buried their child, when we complain about our parents, think about the person whose parents are deceased, when we complain about our spouse, think about the person whose significant other is across seas serving our country and when we complain about ourselves, think about how God sacrificed His only Son for You and Me....I think we get the picture.  So let's embrace our today and be thankful for our blessings and know that God is in control!  Thanksgiving is a Day, but we need to make it a lifestyle! 

***A Smile is an instant facelift!***

I am Abstract!

Too many of us are walking around holding our heads down in regards to our beauty.  Why, because we are comparing ourselves to Kim Kardashian, Halle Berry, the person up the street, our co-worker etc.  The truth is we are God’s masterpieces and He took a blank canvas out and painted our face and body according to His desire.  He allowed us to be a walking portrait.  Some of the grandest artist painted images that to the average person seemed slightly distorted, unusual and complex.  For instance, Pablo Picasso spent much of his life testing the limits of traditional representation and yet is the very reason why he is celebrated today.  Picasso’s brilliance lies in the fact that he is also one of God’s strokes of genius.  Perhaps God allowed Picasso to paint such exaggerated figures to prove a point.  You may not look like the norm or blend with what many feel is the acceptable version of beauty, but you are one of God’s most prized illustrations and your cost is invaluable.  So the next time, you look in the mirror and say, “this is flawed”  think about Pablo Picasso, Georges Seurat, Claude Monet, Paul Cézanne, Vincent Van Gogh, and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec and remember that their artwork is not only protected but  sells for millions of dollars even though it may look like a grotesque version of reality.  True lovers of art understand, the beauty of the artwork lies within its uniqueness.  Remember, you were once a blank canvas and God took the time to perfect your very image so rock it because you are priceless.

 Image provided from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Picasso,%20http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,945265,00.html