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I am trying to be more grateful and gracious. It is a trying process. I guess no one said change or growth were easy but I didn’t expect it to be this hard. Still, it’s helpful to take time out to consider everything I do have to be grateful for. It would be easy for me to say “nothing” right now but that would also be short sighted.
First and foremost, I am grateful for my friends and family who love me no matter how flawed I am. And you better believe this model comes with her fair share of flaws.
I absolutely adore my kitties who have made the past year and a half a ball of fun and insanity. I love that Ryan loves them, too, because no one expected that from him.
I appreciated that my life has taken me across the country and across the world. I may never travel again but I still have some awesome destinations under my wing.
I am thankful for the head on my shoulders which may be a little perplexed right now but is otherwise pretty intelligent and has helped me get through a lot.
I love that you folks are reading and commenting on my blogs. Maybe this ought to be an ode to the internet in general but the fact that I can type up some shit here and someone across the country might care is awesome. Plus, I am grateful for all the opportunities I have had because of my websites including products to review and making money.
I totally am thankful that others who have gone through hard times have written books about it. And so have the folks who know how to help a person through a rough patch. I’m reading all sorts of books which are helping me cope right now.
I am thankful that Ryan is a nice guy even when he doesn’t want to be.
I am thankful for warm sun and cool breezes. Long walks to no where. Good jokes (and sometimes even bad ones). Yummy food. A therapeutic shower. My ability to articulate.
I am grateful for having known love as powerful and sometimes devastating as it is. To know that it simply exists makes everything worthwhile.
I am grateful for silly, late night chats. Inside jokes. Fun and slushy drinks.
I love that music exists. If I have felt it, there is a song which describes it. If I feel like moving, there is a song which prompts me to do so. If I don’t know how to say it, someone else does.
I am also thankful for my youth. And, when the mirror is being nice, my good looks. ;)
Tags: gratefulness, growth
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I am grateful for Cole, that voice of reason who tells me “Um… no I think he’s right and you’re being a cunt. :P” and she’s usually 99.8% right. :)
Makes me want to do my own list.
I adore this post.
It makes me want to make a post in the same fashion.
Tonight I was taking my own ‘therapeutic” shower and thinking that I’ve been a bit of a cranky bitch lately and need to step back and appreciate more. :)
TY. :)
Yea, well I am thankful for Dez who likes pictures of my cats!
What a great post. Its always better to be greatful for what you have rather than complain about what you don’t have.
I am grateful for this post. Seriously, though. It made my heart smile. I love it.
Great post hun *hugs*