A January Survival Kit
A mini-series on alleviating, surviving, truimphing over, the bleak midwinter blues of January. Why not sign up to get the rest delivered straight into your inbox!
If you missed part one you can catch up on it by clicking this link.
Here’s a mini survival kit for the midwinter blues. A friend sent it to me several years ago, and I’ve no idea where she found it. I pass it on as a slightly tongue-in-cheek daily survival kit: fill your bag with these few things and keep taking them out to remind yourself.
DAILY SURVIVAL KIT
to help you each day of this new year:
A Toothpick ... to remind you to pick the good qualities in everyone, including yourself.
A Rubber Band ... to remind you to be flexible. Things might not always go the way you want, but it can be worked out.
A Plaster ... to remind you to heal hurt feelings, either yours or someone else's.
An Eraser ... to remind you everyone makes mistakes. That's okay, we learn from our errors.
A chocolate (Hershey's Kiss) ... to remind you everyone needs a hug or a compliment everyday.
A Mint ... to remind you that you are worth a mint to your family & me.
Bubble Gum ... to remind you to stick with it and you can accomplish anything.
A Pencil ... to remind you to list your blessings every day.
A Tea Bag ... to remind you to take time to relax daily and go over that list of blessings.
This is what makes life worth living every minute, every day
May you have love, gratitude, friends to cherish, caring, sharing,laughter, music, and warm feelings in your heart in 2015.
AND, I have to add, the gratitude in counting each day's gifts gives so much blessing and a change of mental attitude. How can doing one such small simple thing make this enormous difference?
All is gift.
Counting blessings - are you too?
Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows. (James 1:17, NIV)
What would you add to this list?
