This book will change you...even if you are a grateful person, even if you are a Christian, even if you think you know what life is all about, even if you think you could never live through tragedy or great loss...you can and how you do that is to have a grateful heart. I believe we experience great joy and happiness because it is a choice. Each day we choose to look at the glass as half full or half empty. It is a choice. I did not always believe this. I believed that if something bad happened I could not live with that. My life would be ruined. That is not true. By God's grace, we can live with great sorrow and we can even find joy in the midst of it. I am not saying it is easy. It is not. However, it is possible, truly possible. Accepting what is and letting go of the need to control. Choosing not to be bitter, angry or hurt is possible by God's grace. Most importantly it is looking, with intentness, on what is left, not what was lost.
Here is my list of what I am grateful for...I know I have more than a thousand things...much more! One way I think about my "grateful list" is to imagine what I would miss if I no longer had that in my life. I take so very much for granted. I will continue to work on my list as time allows. What is on your list?
- Faith
- Family
- Health
- Love, Hope, Joy
- Home
- Human connection
- Freedom
- Friends
- creation-a beautiful spring dat
- Grace, my dog
- nuts
- computer
- diet soda
- texting my peeps
- popcorn at movies
- phone conversations with my family
- coffee
- breakfast with my dad
- gardening
- my car
- photographs
- art supplies
- memories of my mom
- Mexican Food
- porch swings
- a long walk
- cell phones
- persistence
- my business
- power bars
- cheeseburgers on the grill
- sunsets
- fans
- the power of encouragement
- the love of friends
- swedish fish
- sitting on porch, sounds of storm brewing
- morning walks
- dog kisses
- home made soups
- Cold Stone German Chocolate Cake
- Words of Faith
- old photo memories
- Florida
- Matt
- Spring-new life growing
- M & M's
- clean towels
- umbrellas
- podcasts
- legs
- flower pots
- sweaters with hoods
- direct tv
- petunias-pin
I am also keeping a list of things that not only grace my life as blessings, but blessing that occur that I want to say specifically "thank you" for...
- thank you for breakfast with family, laughter and sharing
- thank you for smiles on faces, newlywed happiness
- thank you for flowers growing, buds blooming
- thank you for art-space and closets, abundance
- thank you for frisbees and happy Grace
- thank you for spring time sunshine
- thank you for steaming coffee
- thank you for friends; texting
- thank you for phone calls, son say; I love you
- thank you for sorrow that leads to change
- thank you for attention to details
- thank you for lunch with friends, sharing from the heart
- thank you for wisdom for others desparate for help
- thank you for time with loved ones
- thank you for a good night's rest
- thank you for mugs of morning coffee, quiet time with you
- thank you for time to reflect, plan and organize
- thank you for lunch with family, laughter and love
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