Sometimes I find it difficult to be as thankful as I should be. It's not that I don't feel extremely lucky or that I don't appreciate all that makes my life full and wonderful. Maybe I feel that its not enough to just think it or say it. Maybe I feel I should do something for those who are not as lucky as me. For today, I would like to tell you why I feel grateful. Perhaps that will inspire me into action.
1) I am grateful that I do not live in a country where war makes it so mothers fear for their children's lives every night and day.
2) I am grateful for every moment that the sun shines on my face and makes me feel warm.
3) I am grateful to have choices about where I live, what I do and with whom I associate.
4) I am grateful for the sounds made by children. Laughter. Questions. Cries of need.
5) I am grateful for warm, generous, friendly people who try not to judge or hurt or ridicule.
Of course, I am so grateful for many, many more things. These are the ones that feel most urgent today. Please, feel free to add your own.
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Amoung a myriad of other things, I am:
1) Grateful to have a home that I can complain about cleaning/fixing.
2) Grateful to have a circle of friends who are all positive, sucessful, big hearted and just gosh-darn interesting.
3) Grateful to live in a part of the world where the smallest of freedoms can go unnoticed, and the most important of freedoms are a guarantee.
4) Grateful that myself and the people I love are healthy.
5) Grateful to have discovered the incredible connecting powers of 'The Blog'.
Good post. A gratitude journal such as this can be helpful when you just feel like jotting a few things down. Also helpful on those days when it's hard to find things to be grateful for.
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