This is a GOOD one

I think one of the biggest lessons I've been learning these last few months, is just how amazing it is that we (people) are all on this earth right now, together. Think bout it: instead of being on this earth, we could have been put or "evolved" to live on a planet that was 10x's this size; causing us all to be much more spread out and much less interactive.I know this is all hypothetical but bear with me...and indulge this thought! Think of one time someone else has been a "saving grace" for you. Whether a coworker noticed you were having a hard time and picked up your slack at work, or a professor gave you an extension on a paper you simply hadn't finished, or a stranger smiled and it brought you up out of a foul mood because you realized things weren't so bad. We've all experienced this! If right now you're reading this and you says to yourself "I've never had anyone help me or make my day", then chances are you are being selfish and I don't believe you. Stop throwing a pity party and start recognizing the positive things in your life. This epiphany (so to speak) really hit me the other week as I was on the phone with someone close to me. He had been going through a really hard time in his life where a lot of things were looking bleak, but someone had come into his life. An angel even, and had been that "saving grace" for him. For whatever reason, she was able to cheer him up, and help give him hope that had been lost. Just a few days ago, I was slammed with school work. Being so close to graduating I piled on the credits for a summer term to proverbially "sprint to the finish line". The problem was that within one week I had many major projects due and tests to take and  there was just no way I was going to get everything done. I begrudgingly and fearfully (for what it might do to my grade) emailed my professor to ask for an extension on a couple of my assignments. Without the slightest hint of a reprimand or  condescending tone, he, very understandingly, granted me the extension. That day, he truly was my saving grace! The best part of all of this is that if we take time in our day to just get outside of ourselves and outside of our minds, we can be saving graces or tender mercies in others' lives. How awesome is that?! Can you guess why the title of this blog is "Of One Heart"? It's because we are. I've always had a personal mantra of, "Once you stop living for yourself, life gets SO MUCH BETTER". As we serve one another and gain that general appreciation and love for people around us, life gets so much better, and much much more full.