Mental - Who needs a perfect life, when we have perfect gifts?

I've had a tough weekend and now a tough start to my Monday when it comes to Mental strength.  I guess I never realized that our minds can be as flabby as our guts and that if exercised consistently and willfully that we can get stronger and stronger...but it freakin hurts.  It hurts to know that you're not as strong as you hoped you were, or as strong as people think you are.  The word says to think on things that are lovely, pure, just, honest...etc.  However, it's so much easier to let our minds wander, help us feel sorry for ourselves, be afraid, be weak...sleep through life.  We need to be brave, we need to get up and face this coming day and whatever it brings, we need to realign our thinking and realize that we have is good and we need to appreciate whatever circumstance we're in.  Because if we don't, guess what happens?  We will never be able to appreciate any circumstance we find ourselves in...we will always be waiting for that better job, more money, happier day, better life.  That will never come, the life we have now is the one we need to enjoy and let's face it we do have a good life.  No matter what troubles we have...we can think of things that we wouldn't trade for anything in this world.  For me, it's Victor, my family, my son and daughter-in-law....my Daniel.  Thank you Lord for everything that I have...because I know that every good and perfect gift is from you.