No matter where you are in life, you have a lot to be thankful for. If you wake up in a comfy bed with
a roof over your head and can take a hot shower before you go to work, then you are blessed. If
you have clothes to wear and food to eat and a car to drive you are fortunate. If you have family and
friends and pets you are lucky. There are many, many people with much less. So on days when
you're down look around you and see how blessed you really are. Think of your daily/weekly/monthly
pleasures such as:
- hot baths and long hot showers
- fires on a cold winter night
- candles
- curling up w/a cozy blanket and watching a movie
- walking, running and jumping
- books and reading
- internet
- taking pictures
- toys and games and activities to do
- shopping
- driving with the windows down on the first spring day
- watching OSU football
- massages
- laughing til you cry
- sunrises
- holidays
- lazy Sundays
- sleeping in
- grilling out
- hugs
Of course there is much, much more. My point is though don't take for granted what is right in front
of you. Be glad you can hear music and watch tv and smell that wonderful dinner. Be glad you can
walk around the grocery store and run from a dog chasing you. Be glad that your parents want to
hug you and show they care. Be glad that you can complain about your job b/c at least you're
working and paying the bills.
Gratitude is what keeps our heart open. Open to love. Open to give. Open to compassion. Open to
forgiveness.
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