Changing attitudes

Sometimes I think I am not enough; or, that I don't have enough; or, that something or someone else is not enough.  Perhaps that feeling is common. I think of the story in the Bible about Jesus feeding a big crowd with a boy's lunch of five loaves and two fish.  That lunch certainly didn't look like enough.  I can't imagine expecting anything to eat if I were in that crowd. The story says the people were satisfied and there were leftovers. When I am in the "not enough" mode, it helps me to think about what I do have.  Sometimes I go through the alphabet  thinking of several things for each letter that I am grateful for--"A" apples, animals, asparagus, Alice; "B" bananas, babies, b vitamins, .... It is a risk to trust that what I have and who I am will be enough. This painting is also on the home page.  I put it there when I first put out this website.  It reminded me of a trust exercise to put it out there and trust God. It is still growing and changing, but I'm glad I took the risk.