Today I Plant The Seed

I've spent the last few years chasing serenity. I've found it a couple of times~ and this is where my hope begins.

I've learned that I am most content when helping others find relief from their own personal hell. We all have it~ some are more willing to ask for help than others. I do not judge, for I was once in that place called Denial.

Last week I once again picked up Joel Osteen's book, Your Best Life Now, and began to read. My finances are at a lifetime low and my job as a teacher looks bleak as far as an immediate raise, or having my status as a National Board Teacher further rewarded by the Broward County Powers That Be....

Well today I refuse to remain a victim of circumstance. Today, I choose change to cultivate a plant of enlarged vision.

I've learned through my experience in 12 step recovery, that as long as I choose to be a victim, I will not experience the life that my Higher Power has available for me.

By nature, I am the "someday" person that is described in the introduction.

Someday I will be happy.
Someday I will have financial freedom.
Someday I will worry less.
Someday...

I am sure you get the idea. Well, today I choose to enlarge my vision. I will begin to expect better, not because I deserve it, but because my Higher Power desires it for me.

This blog will help me. I will be accountable to record my thoughts and attitude here. Today I begin with a prayer from the book...

"Thank you, Father God for YOU are fighting my battles for me. I thank you that YOU are going to show me some of YOUR immeasurable, far and beyond favor."