Do you ever have days where you feel overwhelmed?

But like in a good way?

Unexpected blessings just keep coming to the point where you feel overwhelmed by them.

Maybe even to the point of becoming emotional.

I had one of those days recently.

It wasn’t anything major.

Nothing life-changing or earth-shattering.

But it was so many “little” things.

Little things that somehow filled up so much room in my heart.

The local grocery store setting aside something for me to use in my classroom.

A handmade card from a student,

complete with purple dinosaurs.

Coworkers checking in to see if I needed anything,

asking how the day went.

Messages that encouraged me in unexpected ways.

Running into a first grader on my walk

and getting to hear about her first day of school while we walked together.

The list goes on.

Maybe your day wasn’t perfect.

Maybe it was average or even less than.

But I encourage you today to look back on those little moments that made you smile.

The moments where you felt unexpected joy.

Collect them in your heart, 

and keep them there awhile.

Let them overwhelm you in the best way possible.