Giving thanks throughout the day

[Bring4th_Austin]

Just a quick thought. Since this quote is specifically about Carla, and generally about a helpful attitude, it made me think about a quote that one of our transcribers highlighted after sending in a transcript for "In the Now" from Carla. It might help shed some light on the attitude Ra was talking about.

This is in regards to Carla losing her eyesight near the end of her incarnation.

But there is a larger point of view and it is helpful, and spirit is ever ready to offer you. That is something I cannot say with enough joy. I remember recently I had a difficult day. I have had trouble with my eyes recently and it has gotten gradually worse and I kept asking for a larger text on my Kindle. Got the largest one it had and eventually couldn't see it sometimes. I couldn’t read recipes and magazines, which absolutely kills my soul. I love to collect recipes that sound interesting and see what it would taste like. Couldn't see it; couldn't read my part in morning offering, the book that I was reading. We read different texts in morning offering; we read the Bible, we read the Law of One, but then Jim reads something, I read something, I sing, we pray and we meditate, we start off with meditation. It's a lovely ritual that we go through to start our day and it really does jump start the day and I couldn't read my part. It was very frustrating and I still hadn't gotten to the limit. I reached it at lunchtime when Jim asked me to order a pizza. I tried to look up the phone number. I didn't get the phone number right; I was helpless. I wanted pizza and it was so far beyond me. Then I tried to call Jim; I couldn't see the dial on the telephone. Oh, boy! I hit bottom. I really did. And I was spiraling down, I saw myself doing it and I don't like to do that. I don't like to invest any time or energy in feeling sorry for myself or in - dare we say - kicking against the pricks. I've always wondered about that. And then I remembered to dolly back; pull that camera that I'm looking through the lens of to see reality back, back, back. And I realized, thanks to my beloved Holy Spirit whom I call Holly, there wasn't a problem; this was what the Creator had given me for that moment. It had gifts in its pockets and I needed to spend the time probing those gifts, gently opening them, carefully putting the wrapping to one side and seeing what I had. "How can I use this?" And meanwhile I had to remember that all is well and all will be well is the fundamental truth of my own balance. I believe it without question. It has seen me through any number of disasters and catastrophes and it will see me through this one.