Be Thankful

I am so thankful this morning. The last couple of days I have worked, since I came home from Baltimore. Time with my grandson and family really helps me focus. Especially, focusing on the good in life. I traveled to another store to help out and give another manager time off. She had a packet for each day I was there, with a personal note. She even gave me a thank you greeting card. It meant so much to me to feel welcomed and appreciated. Also, one of my best friends lives close by, and she came and spent a few hours with me. In between customers, she would ask how I was doing. I appreciate having a friend who cares so much for me. Yesterday I had a customer who just started asking me questions out of the blue. And, she came back twice more to buy something and talk to me more. She is a devout Roman Catholic and she and her husband go to church every day. Her husband is a cardioligist. She has six grown children. But, she wanted to know about me and pray for me. She gave me her phone number and her husbands. And a website she felt I could find useful. It is about the joy of faith. She told me I was strong and inspirational. I got a little emotional when she said that, because I thought I wish I felt that way. I thanked her. I told her since it was still May, and I think of the Virgin Mary so much in the month of May, I felt our conversation was welcomed. I told her how much my mom loved Mary, and she loved her so much she went to many apparitions of her, including Yugoslovia. She looked at me and said she just arrived home from Medjugorje in Yugoslovia. They were praying for healing for her husband who has cancer. Just wanted to take some time and reflect on the goodness in the world. We also talked a lot about butterflies, that is really how the conversation started. Today I feel organized and focused enough to paint before I leave for work. Today I will be painting butterflies and think of each and everyone I am thankful for. And, if you are reading this, it is because you care about me. I am so thankful for your continued support and caring. Quote of the day: Our Lady of Medjugorje’s May 25, 2022 Monthly Message for the World Year The following is Our Lady’s latest 25th message given through Marija: English May 25, 2022 “Dear children! I am looking at you and thanking God for each of you, because He permits me to still be with you, to encourage you to holiness. Little children, peace is disturbed and satan wants peacelessness. That is why, may your prayer be even stronger so that every unclean spirit of division and war may be stilled. Be builders of peace and carriers of joy of the Risen One in you and around you, for the good to win in every man. Thank you for having responded to my call.” Song of the day: Promised Land Bruce Springsteen