January 6

"It is what we make out of what we have, not what we are given, that separates one person from another." ~ Nelson Mandela

Good morning! Today is a great day and I am going to make it just that. Something wonderful is going to happen today and I can't wait to see what it is! The immaterial things in our lives are so much more important than the material things. The immaterial things can't be purchased with money. You can't go out and buy a feeling from the store because you are currently having a bad day and want to feel good. That good feeling cannot be found at the bottom of a bottle, like some people seem to think it can be. The feelings come from inside of us. We have to work through the bad feelings to release them and feel the good feelings again. You know how you feel when the good feelings are present, so you have to learn to embrace having the good feelings present and they will come more and more, the good feelings can't be given to you or purchased.

There are some people who have all the money in the world and can buy anything they want, yet they are absolutely miserable, because they can't buy the happy feelings! And then there are people who have very little and they are very happy just that way. They have learned to embrace what they have and keep that good feeling present in their life. Life is exactly what you make of it. Embrace what you have and not what you don't have.

Now it's YOUR Turn to Reflect on This:
In your journal, make a list of all of your special unique qualities that make you who you are. Make this list extra special and use colored pencils, crayons, markers, etc to highlight specific items that really stick out for you. Draw a picture of yourself and how these qualities make you feel. How do these qualities make you feel? How would you feel if you didn't have any of these qualities?

Today's Affirmation:
I am perfectly unique just the way I am.