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Look For The Good, Do Not Be Consumed ByThe Bad

Heidi Benson

Encouragement Today and Motivation Monday

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Today’s Encouragement and Motivation comes with a challenge to open your heart to see through the difficulties life throws your way.

“What you hold in your heart, you will see in your world.” Ralph Marston.

There is truth to this simple statement. How many times does it seem like as the struggles continue to mount, life seems to spin out of control? It is because you are on heightened alert for this struggle.

  • Have you experienced financial difficulties and you see them all around?
  • Have you almost lost your home and see homelessness all around?
  • Have you battled a health issue and you see the similarities of others all around?
  • Do you battle a chronic illness and you see others who have similar illnesses all around?
  • Are you in a difficult relationship and see others in similar relationships all around?

My friend, this is because you are emotionally in tuned to these hardships. What is in your heart is what you tend to be looking for whether it be at a conscious or a subconscious level.

Today’s challenge and motivation is to break through this barrier and look past what you are struggling with to see the positive things in life that have been overshadowed by difficulties all around.

If you are tired or even exhausted from dealing with these trials, turn it around today. Take some time to look for things that make you happy. When you make a conscious effort to look for things that are good, you will begin to see them again and you will be encouraged to look for more. Once you see these and they take root in your life, life will begin to look a little brighter giving you the courage to move through your difficulty without it consuming you any longer.

You can do it! Look up and smell the roses. Life will begin to look happier when you do.

Published by Heidi Benson

I am a wife, mom, and daughter. I served in the United States Army, went to college, received a Batchelor's Degree in Criminology, homeschooled my daughter every year from start to finish, and now I am currently a daycare teacher's aide (soon to be a two-year-old teacher coming this fall). I married my husband when he was in the United States Army so I have the unique knowledge of what it is like to be on both sides of a Military uniform. While we were stationed in Germany, my daughter, who is 24 years old now, was born and I made the difficult decision to put my career on hold to be her mom. The past 20 years have been wrought with many struggles but as a result of those struggles, this blog was created. As the years passed and the struggle kept coming, I would say, "I'm not sure why we have to go through all of this, but if we have to then it is my desire to allow my story to serve as a means of encouragement to others so all this pain isn't for nothing." The years passed and the struggles did not. However, I feel now is the time God wants me to share these stories of hardships with the hopes they provide encouragement to you if you are struggling in the same way. It is my prayer they will serve as a healing opportunity for you. I want you to know you are not alone. There are others who know where you are and what you are feeling. Cling to the hope this won't last forever and that God is standing beside you while He holds you up and dries your tears. He is showing you the way, you just need to follow Him. Big Hugs, Heidi

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