Hello.

I’m so glad you decided to drop in.

Friends never need an invitation to stop by, do they?

Isn’t it wonderful?

To know that you are always welcome somewhere

To know you don’t have to DO anything.

AND…

On the other side of that,

To know you’re accepted

Just the way you are.

If your friend stops by and you’re still in your jammies and the house is a mess

You haven’t combed your hair or brushed your teeth

They don’t care.

You’re not judged because they love YOU just the way you are.

To know you don’t have to DO anything

They just want to spend time with you.

Feels good, doesn’t it?

Knowing that makes me think about how lucky I am

Lucky to have people who love me just the way I am

I’m not lucky

How about if we change it 

Instead of the word lucky

What if we use the word Thankful instead

Suddenly, the phrase means something more

Luck implies something unintentional, something by chance or by our own design

Thankful implies viewing something as a gift and shows appreciation

I’m not lucky, I’m THANKFUL 

Thankful for people in my life who love me just the way I am

There are so many times we use the word ‘lucky’ 

When instead we should be using the word thankful.

Let me try again

I am thankful for people who love me just as I am

See?

That sounds completely different, doesn’t it?

Try it

Try replacing the word LUCKY with the word Thankful

Does it make a difference in how you ‘see’ whatever or whoever you’re applying it to?

Does it make that something or someone seem more valuable?

Where have you been using ‘lucky’?

Try changing lucky to thankful

Did it make a difference?

Think of something you say you are lucky to have

Change lucky to thankful 

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