Life Updates of a Larger Magnitude

The thought topic for today is abundance.  How have I been shown abundance?  I'm so immersed in it that it's hard to pick out one or 2 ways.  My whole life is a life of abundance.  It sounds perhaps egotistical to say that, but that's not my intent.  I just mean to say that my level of hardship is nearly zero.  I have health, family (multiple generations), friends, food, money, security.  Where has God shown me abundance?  Everywhere.  In everything.  I could not ask for a life without any hardship, because without that I would not become forged into a better version of myself.  Even my trials lead me to abundance. 

This is both a reflection and a prayer.  As I started to pray this morning I was thinking, "What's on my mind today?  What do I need help with?"  And this quote popped into my mind immediately. "God comes to us disguised as our lives."  I've got a lot of God going on right now then, and mainly I need wisdom. I need wisdom to deal with the the trials surrounding aging loved ones, to say the right words, to savor the moments and plan as best we can for the future. I need wisdom with how to deal with a good person whose bad life choices are coming home to roost.  I want to be compassionate, to use this opportunity to effect real change in his life, but I don't want to be taken advantage of and honestly, I don't want to be sucked into any drama. I need courage to make the business changes needed to make my company rock solid and set up for the long haul.  And strength to carry them out.  That may be just continuing on the path we're on now,...