Rain pours down

for a second year

at the OKC Memorial Marathon.

It’s damp.

It’s cold.

It’s dreary.

But   life   is   all   about

PERSPECTIVE.

You choose.

Do you see the blessing or the curse?

I choose the blessings.

I choose to see how love and goodness

will always triumph over evil.

I am here.

I celebrate my strength.

I walk in the darkness before dawn

on hallowed ground, replaying the horror of

the day it happened in my mind.

I remember how the world stopped that day in April,

and people dropped everything to help, to pray, to donate.

I honor in silence the 168 who lost their lives here on April 19, 1995.

I look at their empty chairs on the memorial grounds.

I hear the moment of silence end with these words:

“We Run to Remember

because love and goodness will always triumph over evil,”

and I say a loud, “AMEN!”

I count my blessings.

I refuse to feel sorry for myself because of a little rain.

I hold myself accountable….

for optimism

and keeping the right perspective.

I count my blessings today

and through out my life.

Which do you choose?

Do you pay attention to

the blessings

or the curse?

Photo credit: Stephanie Lyness

Today is Count Me Accountable here at Must Love God….