Today is a beautiful day. It is cold but the sun is shining brightly.  I am going to the gym.  Since I started being a substitute teacher, I have not been going to the gym regularly.  I am usually tired, but I am not letting that stop me.  I will make sure my gym clothes are packed and in the trunk of my car; that way, I won't have to go home to get them.

My commitments to refrain from negative thinking and not complaining is continuing to pay off.  My mind is more quiet and I can think.  I am also finding it easy to live in the moment in which I am.  When negative thoughts and needing to complain knock at the door, I turn my thoughts to God and am shown an inner me that is strong in calm and peace.  In there I  hear no knocking and no need to confront things that are really not that important. 

I hope that all of you who read this post have taken stock of your blessings.  At the end of the day, I hope you remember them and give thanks for them.  You may think that you are in charge, but you really aren't, so give thanks and be grateful that you do not walk alone. Take nothing for granted.

I thank God:
- for my daughter telling me about an exhibition at the Field Museum that she knew I
   would like
- for my husband agreeing to go with me to see the exhibition
- for being shown how to seek inner peace when the mole hill was beginning to look like
  a mountain
- for having me do something that I thought was a mistake, but turned out to be a
   blessing
- for not forgetting about me

"Possession of material riches, without inner peace, is like dying of thirst while bathing in a lake." Paramahansa Yogananda

"Never be in a hurry; do everything quietly and in a calm spirit. Do not lose your inner peace for anything whatsoever, even if your whole world seems upset."
 St. Francis de Sales