To-do lists seem endless. Time seems minimal. Complaining can creep up quickly. Overwhelmed sometimes seems to be a state of being rather than a temporary status. Gratitude can slip the mind and heart so easily. Isn't this sometimes the way life seems? Well, for me, especially lately, this is the case. Yet, what would change if I intentionally changed my perspective? The answer I have come up with is... EVERYTHING. Everything would change if I realized one simple, yet COMPLEX thing. Thankfulness. Choose to see the blessing! Choose to see the goodness! Hmm. Now, the question is... HOW to get from A to B..?

Time. Something we all have, yet so often it seems we just never have enough of it. 24 hours in a day and we fill it up to the max, scrambling around this great big world - stressed, hurried, and overwhelmed. I am certain this is not the way life is intended to be lived. We have our priorities mixed up and it is not that we do not get ENOUGH time, but rather that we choose to spend our time on some of the wrong things. If we all would stop this crazy cycle and spend some time on some very simple things that matter, I think we would begin to see things differently. I think we would be able to see what really matters. We would be able to prioritize better. I think life would begin to SLOW DOWN. We need that, don't we? I know I do! To slow down. Spend time on things that matter.