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Being agreeable



Someone asked me yesterday how my mission to find a miracle each day during the month of December was going.  "Really well," I told them.  Honestly I wasn't given this assignment, I chose it.  I get to chose how I approach each day, how I interact with each person throughout the day and how I feel about my day when I put my head on my pillow each night.

I choose.

So yesterday I chose to be agreeable.

And I said it outloud over and over.  When I was in conversation and something became challenging, I said, 'Well, since I'm focused on being agreeable today, this is what I think."  It became easier throughout the day.

Did this make my day perfect?  Nope, far from it.  But that's not what I was looking for.  Do miracles make every thing perfect?  No, not really.  The baby born in the manager certainly didn't seem perfect to Mary and Joseph, or the stable owner or all those followers who trekked across the desert?

To me, being agreeable was my miracle - or rather what it created within that moment.  It was a harmonious feeling!   Let's see if I can continue it today and create more miracles!

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