Today's post is about one's attitude and how your attitude affects your life. One can always find something bad . . . if that's all they're looking for.
Let me tell you right now, 2011 freaking sucked for my family and I. But there were lessons learned and events that have a profound affect, even to this day.
In January 2011, within two days of each other, our van was taken away for repossession and we received foreclosure papers on our home. I wasn't even a month into a new leadership position at my job and already things took a turn for the worst. Fast forward a month, the van was back and the house was no longer in foreclosure land.
But wait! There's more!
On April 11th, my wife was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia (AML). She spent the bulk of 2011 in Rochester, MN, at the Mayo Clinic. I took over 20 trips down to visit her. Around Christmas, a good friend of mine was complaining and being all bah-humbug. And he had absolutely nothing to complain about! He didn't go through anything like what our family went through. Now, I could've acted like this too.
But I didn't. I was thankful my wife was still around and healing. Fast forward to today, she's still not 100%.
I came across a YouTube video my sister-in-law put together after a benefit in May 2011. I watched it numerous times years ago, but it had been a while. Watching it again, and seeing all of the people present, brought back a host of emotions.
One of those emotions was thankfulness. I was thankful for all those who helped. I am also thankful for all that happened in 2011.
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