What you focus on grows

When you have a sore thumb or a stubbed toe or a heel that is aching, it's easy to focus on the thing that is hurting and not focus on all the things that are healthy and strong.  Why is it that we don't ever stop to be thankful for our knee or elbow until we have an ache or pain there that reminds us of how we wished it were back to normal?  Pain is quite an interesting thing in that it sharpens our focus. 

I was thinking about this quote below that I love and that I tell often to Anna and Taylor and to my students.  

So my prayer for you today is that you will be mindful of what you focus on 

so that what grows in the next year is something beautiful...