Today's thought.......... (8)
Without going into details I can say that I didn't get what I wanted on two occassions and that turned out to be the best things in my life and has shaped me into who I am. I am so lucky that what I wanted didn't happen.
Good Thread HJ.... thanks.
Good Thread HJ.... thanks.
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Some of Gods greatest gifts are unanswered prayers 
Good morning Papa
Good morning Papa
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Serenity1971: Some of Gods greatest gifts are unanswered prayers
Good morning Papa
Good morning Papa
Mornin kid........
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Each day I wake with a smile and a chat with my Creator. Then I begin my new journey for the day. Do I encounter disappointment? Of course I do. Right now I am disappointed because I still need help getting that left leg into my vehicle so I can drive. But then I say, WOW, I can drive, what a blessing. I am stubborn and don't like to ask for help. Through this process my Creator has shown me that asking and receiving are much better than lying there on the floor trying to decide how I am going to get up. A friend from CS told me to not give up and I will be able to reach the top of that mountain. That is exactly where I am headed. 
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HJFinAZ: Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a stroke of good luck.
--H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
Managing desires is one of the most crucial elements of being an adult. Children want many things that aren't good for them, and their impulses can often get them into trouble. They need loving, caring adults to protect them from the harm that can come from getting what they want. As adults, our spiritual development includes learning how to regard our desires and how to manage them. On the one hand, it isn't healthy to become so controlled and repressed that we never let ourselves have fun, and on the other hand, we know that indulging every desire will kill us.
Sometimes we want something very badly and when we don't get it, we feel desperate or very disappointed. However, life continuously points us in directions we hadn't expected. Disappointment can serve to reset our lives. Not getting our desires, if we keep our eyes open, points us in directions that can be better than what we had imagined for ourselves.
Today I will be open to the new directions that life points me toward.
--H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
Managing desires is one of the most crucial elements of being an adult. Children want many things that aren't good for them, and their impulses can often get them into trouble. They need loving, caring adults to protect them from the harm that can come from getting what they want. As adults, our spiritual development includes learning how to regard our desires and how to manage them. On the one hand, it isn't healthy to become so controlled and repressed that we never let ourselves have fun, and on the other hand, we know that indulging every desire will kill us.
Sometimes we want something very badly and when we don't get it, we feel desperate or very disappointed. However, life continuously points us in directions we hadn't expected. Disappointment can serve to reset our lives. Not getting our desires, if we keep our eyes open, points us in directions that can be better than what we had imagined for ourselves.
Today I will be open to the new directions that life points me toward.
Oh, Pat, how timely this one is for my life today! It's one of the hardest lessons, and I'm living it now...life as the woman of a sandhauler is all about learning to get over your disappointments when the job changes at the oil field and when you were supposed to get time together, you didn't and you can't even talk then because he has no signal. But then there are the times that the job changes and when you were only supposed to have a couple of stolen hours together, you get the whole night while a part gets shipped in. Flex and roll, and don't let it drive you crazy. Life took me in this crazy direction, and I feel so very blessed that it did, though, because of the man that comes with this crazy life, and the best of friends who are there with us along the way. We don't always get exactly what we want, but we do get exactly what we need...and find that we love it even more than what we thought we wanted.
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Yep,be careful what you ask for,you might just receive it!
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Big_John: Without going into details I can say that I didn't get what I wanted on two occassions and that turned out to be the best things in my life and has shaped me into who I am. I am so lucky that what I wanted didn't happen.
Good Thread HJ.... thanks.
Good Thread HJ.... thanks.
I agree.
On several occassions I didn't get what I wanted and they turned out to be the best thing that ever happened to me because something better came along. I was so blessed that what I wanted didn't happen because life turned out so much better.
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--H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
Managing desires is one of the most crucial elements of being an adult. Children want many things that aren't good for them, and their impulses can often get them into trouble. They need loving, caring adults to protect them from the harm that can come from getting what they want. As adults, our spiritual development includes learning how to regard our desires and how to manage them. On the one hand, it isn't healthy to become so controlled and repressed that we never let ourselves have fun, and on the other hand, we know that indulging every desire will kill us.
Sometimes we want something very badly and when we don't get it, we feel desperate or very disappointed. However, life continuously points us in directions we hadn't expected. Disappointment can serve to reset our lives. Not getting our desires, if we keep our eyes open, points us in directions that can be better than what we had imagined for ourselves.
Today I will be open to the new directions that life points me toward.