WHAT YOU DO ON YOUR WORST DAY

Do you pick-up yourself when life is pounding the worst on you? Well, my friend we all have moments when we feel it is the worst because of a bad day with the kids, or a pink slip given to you at the job, or the bad relationship that just ended. These are things some have experienced, but there are worse. We all face adversity in our life. However quote: “it’s not the adversity, but how we react to it that will determine the joy and happiness in our life.” That’s absolutely right! We can feel sorry for ourselves, or we can face life with gratitude.
Take for instance, the example of Patrick Henry Hughes who was born with no eyes, and a tightening of the joints, which left him crippled for life. However, as a child, he was fitted with artificial eyes and placed in a wheelchair.
Before his birthday, he discovered the piano. His mom said, “He could hit any note on the piano, and within one or two tries, he’d get it.” By his second birthday, he was playing requests (You are My Sunshine, Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star). His father was ecstatic. “We might not play baseball, but we can play music together.”

Today, Patrick is a junior at the university of Louisville. His father attends classes with him and he’s made nearly all A’s, with the exception of 3 B’s. He’s also a part of the 214 member marching band. You read it right. The marching band! He’s a blind, wheelchair-bound trumpet player, and he and his father do it together. They attend all the band practices and the half-time performance in front of thousands. His father rolls and rotates his son around the field to the cheers of Patrick’s fans. In order to attend Patrick’s classes and every band practice, his father works the graveyard shift at UPS, Patrick said.”My dad’s my hero.”

But even more than the musical talent of this young man, it was Patrick’s “attitude of gratitude”. On stage he would talk to the audience about how blessed he was. He said, “God made me blind and unable to walk. BIG DEAL! He gave me the ability. The musical gifts I have …the great opportunity to meet new people.”

It sounds very simple that one word. Gratitude can change your attitude, thus, your life forever.
“Now thanks be to God who always leads us in triumph in Christ.” (1 Cor.2: 14)