Purposed Connection: Get Some Perspective

How challenging are things, really? I know there are those who have lost jobs, houses, and health. For those folks, life is about as tough as it can get. But, how about for the rest of us? What does tough mean to you and me?

I think it is time to get some perspective. This week, I am recommending Andy Andrews new book, The Noticer. It's a little book with a timely message written in the way that many of us have come to appreciate about Andy. He weaves tough messages into sweet stories. What many of us complain about as being challenges are really things for which we should be thankful. Think about it.

If you have a job, even if it is requiring more of you than in the past, don't you have reason to be thankful? If you have family, even when it gets messy and frustrating, don't you have cause to be grateful? If you are able to walk, and breathe, and eat, and talk, and see, don't you have a lot to celebrate? If you have freedom to pursue opportunity, don't you enjoy privilege that most people in this world will never know?

There is no doubt that we are living in a new chapter of life that is interesting to say the very least. Words like "reinvention" and "right sizing" and "global competition" are requiring us to face realities that we have never known. And, that is the point isn't it? We have more reason to pay attention and to be responsive and on our game. We are being challenged to be alive, awake, and alert. That really isn't bad news.

So, let's get some much needed perspective. Make a list of all of the reasons you have in your life to be thankful. Then, take a little time to talk to the One who makes it all possible and who can guide you through it all. It is great to have a Friend who knows the way!