What is a blessing?  How do they come and what constitutes one being blessed or not being blessed?  I must admit that there were times when I was blessed but didn’t realize it.  I don’t mean the regular things like waking up because some people really didn’t or like having activities of my limbs because some people don’t; or being in m right mind or having a job; none of those things.  I remember feeling helpless like I was watching the world pass me by.  I remember being in a place of wanting and desiring more but feeling as if I had no way to obtain or gain more.  If you are that person who goes with the status quo, you will know understand this.  If you are that person that feels you are destined to just have enough and that enough is good enough, you will not understand this at all!  However if you are that person who knows he or she is destined for more, desire more, and even believe you should have more; this is for you.

Sometimes in life the conventional way isn’t your way.  Often when you want more out of life and it would seem that you are unable to obtain it that people will send you back to the conventional way and that may work depending on your age; but what do you do when you are older and you know that time isn’t on your side but yet you feel that your purpose hasn’t passed you by?  Conventional methods could prove to be unrealistic for you for many reasons, do you die with your hope?

Being blessed isn’t really always a tangible thing.  Blessed is a state of mind, a method of being in one’s mind.  It means that despite circumstances one has decided to live above and beyond the state of what is and begin dwelling in the possibilities of what can be!  Blessed is the way one views his or her life, it is about perception and perception is based on what’s inner peace.  Viewing the same glass of water half empty or half full is based on the way views his or her life, circumstances and the like.  While circumstances of life happens to us all; the person who is blessed is the one who knows that despite what happens your trust is in the hands of your God, that when one source fails another one for will open.

I must admit I didn’t always understand being blessed until recently.  It took a series of events to begin to show me what was within me and HOW TO USE what was inside to get to the place of my desire.  Voids are designed to be filled by God and while we are prone to look to people because God uses people; don’t overlook yourself.   There was a time when I looked at people and wondered why or who would be the blessing I needed to go to the next level and it would appear I was overlooked until I begin to really tap into what lie within me.  I begin to nurture the gifts and instead of saying why and what I couldn’t do, I saw what I could; became creative, explored, and grew!   Now am I where I desire to be?  NO not in the least but I am so far from where I was.  Instead of being aware of all that I didn’t and don’t have, I am more aware of what I do have and the power that lies within.

People aren’t prone to just give one everything or place everything in your hand for you to be successful and when you think about it; it makes sense.  Too often one will make claims of all that they would do if they had the money but if one has the mind to invest he or she can begin by investing the small, the little that he or she has in reach and watching it grow!

The next time you find yourself watching others around you seemingly prosper ask yourself what gifts do you have that you aren’t using and how you can use them to walk in the arena of being blessed.