- Not feeling sad/depressed
- Being able to lay down
- Knowing the dizziness will pass
- Being able to look up symptoms
- Not being alone
- Toilet paper
- Liquid soap
- A little water won’t hurt me
- Third chances, fourth chances, etc.
- This isn’t going to kill me
Tag: Gratitude
Things I’m grateful for today 20180113
- My family being here today
- Time to talk with my son
- Watching The Last Jedi with my son
- Carrie Fisher
- The theater’s restroom being directly across from the auditorium we were in
- Cafe Rio
- Costa Vida
- A new pillow
- Socks
- Shoes
Things I’m grateful for today 20180112
- I have a place to go
- I’m not terribly gullible
- Friends who care about me
- Brooms
- Flashlights
- Lightbulbs
- Headphones
- Target
- Public restrooms
- Cats
Things I’m grateful for today 20180111
- Not feeling sad all the time
- Anti-depressants
- My boys haven’t left yet
- I have another paycheck coming
- Severance
- My creativity
- Water
- Being clean
- Repentance
- Online bill pay
Gratitude
We all want things.
Wanting things reminds us of what we don’t have.
Our dream car.
Our dream house.
A boat like the neighbors’.
The problem with wanting things is that it never ends.
Many times I’ve wanted something. Sometimes I have to wait until payday. Sometimes I have to save up.
I buy the thing I wanted. I feel satisfied for a little while.
Then I want something else.
A few weeks ago I started listing things I’m grateful for. I’m trying to make this a daily habit.
I try not to repeat myself.
It’s easy at first. I list the basics.
Then it gets harder.
I think about what’s happened to me over the last day.
I think about little things that make my life better.
Sometimes I have to think really hard.
Thinking about the good things helps me feel better about life.
It makes make more grateful.
It makes me happier.
If you need more happiness in your life (and who doesn’t) try counting your blessings.
Things I’m grateful for today 20180109
- Windshield wipers
- Blinds
- Deer
- Mountains
- Lakes
- Rivers
- Snowpack
- Refrigeration
- Fresh air
- Change
Things I’m grateful for today 20180108
- Baby pictures
- Being able to pay the power bill
- My desk
- Guitars
- Thumb tacks
- Packaging tape
- Memories of good times
- Puppies
- Kittens
- Alpacas
Things I’m grateful for today 20180107
- My niece
- Scriptures
- Church being close by
- My boys getting to church
- Having options
- Story books
- Low-maintenance hair
- Trees
- Being able to walk
- My boys’ artwork
Things I’m grateful for today 20180106
- My therapist
- Rain
- Pop Tarts
- Feeling better than yesterday
- Having a place to go
- Bernadette Logue
- Friends I can ask for help
- Libraries with wi-fi
- Gyms with showers
- I’m beginning to love and have compassion for myself
Things I’m grateful for today 20180105
- Electricity
- Feeling well
- Cold water to drink
- It’s Friday
- Quiet time
- Cough drops
- Vaseline
- Storms
- The calm after the storm
- Healing