Being Thankful

As you go through life it is often very easy to take for granted everything you may have because you are so focused on the things you don’t have. This month I want to encourage you to complain less and be thankful more. 

Summer time!

There is nothing like it, you get that break from school you have been waiting for, you get that growth spurt you’ve been expecting and everything is just great! But, this summer why not spend it a little differently than ones in the past? My grandmother always said an idle mind is the devil’s workshop. In other words if you don’t keep yourself busy on your down time you will end up in trouble! Pregnancy and STD’s spread like wildfire in the summer because you have so much extra time on your hands to get in trouble while you sit at home all day. So, here are a couple things you can do this summer to keep yourself from having too much idle time.

Choosing Friends

While we cannot choose whom we have in our biological family, we can choose whom we call ‘friends.’ Through the years I have had many acquaintances and yet, very few friends. However, those friends are more loyal than I could ever have imagined, more encouraging than I could have ever wanted, and more truthful than I could have ever needed.

Blissful Attraction or Just a Distraction?

Okay, you have the best plan! You know where you are headed in life. You mapped out all your goals. And, you are on track. Nothing can stop you, and then “they” walk by. You know who I am talking about; that nice looking guy about 5’9” with the light brown eyes, who seems to always know just what to say. Or, that pretty girl with the long hair, hazel eyes, curves like a coke bottle and a walk that would make a blind man look twice... Otherwise, known as the distraction.