The stories and thoughts that cross my mind are less interesting when they are not part of a real story.
today at church, during the junior high teaching time we were talking about faith and what is faith based on, and what it means to trust God. and to help the young mind understand this bette, shawn compared the way humanity relates o the genesis, with the way americans relate to the declaration of independence, and what it says about liberty and that the americans are entitled to life, freedom and the pursuit of happiness. and americans are defined by freedom. and this for the past few hundreds of years. meanwhile, european countries have fought to to survive and gain their rights and their freedom. and the fight for survival is still going, in different forms or shapes. resilience is in our system.
and i am happy to see diversity in this world. there is no good or bad heritage. we are who we are because of our history but also we've become who we are today by making personal choices, moral and social and spiritual.
the downfall of it is when we take for granted what we have. and we are all in danger of doing so. most of us take our health for granted, or having food every day or having an internet connection to publish this particular note i'm writing now.
gratefulness is not a feeling that floods your inner being. it starts with a decision to appreciate what you have.
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