Note: This blog is a continuation of the motivation of ordinary days blog I created years ago, but then forgot the password to the email address. Consequently I can just look at that blog and wish that I could post more. Hence, People Who Live Life was created.
Life is an interesting thing. Everyday we wake up, do the things we do and then we go to sleep at night. There are people in our lives who affect us and there are things that seem to bring us to life. I love freshly cut grass. It makes me very happy and sometimes when I'm lying in bed at night I think about freshly cut grass and the wonderful smell it produces. Mmmmmm. Isn't it wonderful!
But life isn't always freshly cut grass. In fact, sometimes it feels as if you are as far from freshly cut grass as possible. Some days we wake up and life has a different plan for us than what we thought would happen. We are picked up, thrown on the ground, and then rubbed around in the mud until we may begin to believe that we will never smell freshly cut grass again. We begin to believe the lies that are whispered and shouted at us from that great serpent, Lucifer, every day of our lives. "I'll never be good enough," "You know nothing," "There's no reason to keep trying". Listening to this we know deep inside it's not true, but we still wonder. What if there is a touch of truth to this? These are terrible days. They seem as if they will never end no matter what we do.
Motivation hey? That's what she says this is about? Well, yes. The motivation of an ordinary day comes on any day. The days where life is so blissfully happy that we don't know how it could be better. The days where life seems to be spirally forever downward. The days where life is just hum drum. Motivation comes on the everyday.
To tell you about today's motivation I would like to tell you a story. This story comes from when I played soccer in High School. I played on a team that was down right terrible. We lost every game. Not just that, we lost by a landslide most of the time. This didn't stop us though. We just loved to play! Rain or shine, hot or cold, tired or not. We played. One time we were playing a team that always beat us. They did a good job of it too. The situation seemed hopeless. I was having one of those days when the grass didn't seem like it would be cut to produce that glorious smell. I was playing that way too. I remember running up and down the field wondering why I was playing anyway. We don't win. It was pointless. I looked to the sideline near the middle of the game and I saw my coach talking with my teammate. He actually wasn't really talking, he was scolding her, telling her that she needed to work harder. I remember thinking, "Oh no. She must be having a day like I'm having and now he's upset with her. I hope he doesn't scold me like that. It seems terrible." Before I knew it my teammate was back in the game playing her heart out. Who went off the field? That would be me. I grabbed my water bottle and heard my coach call me over. "Oh no. Here it comes. I know I'm doing terribly! Please don't be upset." As I stood on the sideline and talked with him I realized how well he knew me. He did not speak to me the same way he had spoken with my teammate. He asked me if I was ok. He asked me why I wasn't giving my all in this game. He spoke very gently. Then he explained that he needed me in this game. He wanted me to go out and leave it all on the field. Don't come off the field with anything but a knowledge that I had done my best. You know what happened after that? I did exactly what he said. I went out and worked hard. I played hard. I gave it all that I had. I noticed that my teammate was doing the same. We worked hard together with the other members of our team.
So why do I tell you this story? Because my coach knew his team. He knew how to speak to us. He knew how to motivate us. What worked for me would not have worked for my teammate. We are different people and require different things. So here is my motivation for an ordinary day: God knows you. He knows everything about you. He knows how to speak to you and what will help you the most. He knows how you struggle and He knows when you are having hard days. He knows when you are having good days. Most of all, God loves you! Today was a hard day, but you know what happened? God sent a message just for me! It was the kind that I know wouldn't have affect those around me as much as it did me. This message came and I was overcome with gratitude for a loving Father in Heaven. I realized that these messages come all the time. On good days and bad ones. Why? Because He loves us! Simple as that. He loves us! He always will and He will try to let us know in a way tailored specifically for us. This is what motivates me today.
Don't believe the lies that Lucifer whispers and shouts at you. You are worth more than you could ever imagine. Just look for that love from an all knowing and all loving Father in Heaven. It is there and it is real. I promise.
