8 Letters to a Mindset Shift

“If you saw the size of the blessing coming, you would understand the magnitude of the battle you are fighting” is a quote by Joyce Meyer.

I love that quote but for me it failed to hit me as hard as I think it should have.

I have been through my share of battles. A child of divorce, a bout with tropical dengue, almost losing my life to an intruder in my home by strangling, a painful marriage and divorce of my own, tending to my new love through the aftermath of a motorcycle accident that resulted in two broken wrists, among others.

Those are my battles. It matters not that others have greater or lesser battles. My battles are my own, and there have been blessings from them, but those blessings are more about the lessons I learn from those battles, about the way I choose to see that battle that is now behind me, about how they have shaped me.

I could have chosen to be bitter and afraid following some of those battles. I could have wallowed in self-pity (I might have for a minute) and stayed there permanently. I could have chosen to be selfish and choosing not to remain with my boyfriend through his ordeal (for the record, we later became engaged and are now happily married), but who would I be if I had chosen those paths?

Notice the focus on BE! I have become a person who is grateful for life, committed to living what I call “Life Above The Line”, a person who grows more and more confident every day, a person who has reaped the rewards of selflessness in finding a selfless mate who adores me.

I will still have battles to fight, and there will most likely be blessings coming, but most importantly the person I choose to BECOME will not only bless me, but others as well.

So here’s my version with the addition of 8 letters:

If you saw the size of the BLESSING YOU ARE BECOMING, you would understand the magnitude of the battle you are fighting! – Michele Jennae

 

What battles are you fighting? Who are you BECOMING?