My Gratitudes for the week of 2/20 - 2/26

 "In ordinary life we hardly realize that we receive a great deal more than we give, and that it is only with gratitude that life becomes rich."   ~Dietrich Bonhoeff

 
This was an interesting week with a mix of really good and grateful feelings, some major break throughs, and realization of manifestations. Yes plural. Just like my word processor doesn't like the word "gratitudes", it doesn't seem to like the plural of "throughs". I think I'll keep it just the same anyway.

It seems I am moving forward more then I realize. There is continued growth in my life but continued setbacks in the progress of my health and getting any real help. I will continue to be grateful for the things that I have in my life and hope that the things I need and want will come to pass and to my life as well. It's hard NOT to worry about how I am going to take care of myself, somehow get back on disability to pay for bills, myself and my daughter and to be able to manage the pain in my life. These doors keep closing on me. The medical community as a whole continues to turn their back on me and let me down. Fighting against this discouragement and frustration is not easy. I have lessons to still learn in all of this is all I can gather.

But for those things that come to me, even the smallest things I am taking delight and find joy in my heart. Whether a new book or realizing a manifestation of a television program I had been wanting to be able to see. I am grateful.

You might notice here that the date says the 21st again. I forgot to change the date on here so it should say the 22nd. I noticed it too late after I had taken the picture and erased it all. Ah well.

Sarah's 21st Birthday.

My Gratitudes for the week of 1/22 - 1/29

     Saying thank you is more than good manners.  It is good spirituality.    ~Alfred Painter  

 

Another week on this earth is completed and I have had much to be grateful for as usual. Despite the things that have come up, that I have had to deal with or that have frustrated me. Focusing on those things that are wonderful in my life have helped me keep things in perspective. There were a couple of days that were a little harder for me to feel this way. This was not because I didn't feel grateful, only that when my pain level goes up-  it affects my moods, my mentality and my over-all feeling of well being, (basically I don't feel good, so my well-being feeling goes down the toilet). This is a constant struggle for me to over come. It is, in fact, part of why I started my gratitude board. As a visual reminder right on the fridge to make me see what I have in my life already. To force me to think about it and write it down. Not hidden somewhere in a journal that I may or may not remember to write in. But right out there for everyone to see.

In sharing mine, I hope that it inspires you and helps you as well, to remember how much you have in your life. I am, of course, grateful that you have taken time out of your life to spend it reading my blog.
--Thank you.

Showing My Gratitude

I had wanted to get this Blog going a lot sooner then this and then just be able to post each day my gratitude photos but things haven't quite worked out like that. It's funny because I feel like I have so many projects that I would like to get done and less and less time to do them. I think it's because of so many of the other stuff going on. That's what makes this even more important. To help keep my focus on what I am grateful for. And there is so much. There really is. So here it is. I am catching up on getting things posted and loaded. I really hope that this turns out to be the blog that I want it to be. I am sure it will evolve but here's where things start. I also hope that my gratitudes, and those of others, help inspire you and even nudge you to think of the things that you are grateful for as well.

 

Now I'm not sure what happened between the 6th and the 15th but I can't find any pictures anywhere. So there is a gap. There have been times when I not always written on my gratitude board and written in my gratitude journal instead. But 2012 I had decided that I would try to write on it every day. Occasionally a day will get missed but my goal really is to have even just ONE thing written every day. On the days that I write less, well.... those might be very bad days for me indeed. But I as I said, I want to write at least one thing, even on my most horrible days.

I haven't loaded yesterday's or today's photo's yet. I will be adding them in my next entry. I wanted to get at least current up to the present. I hope that you will go on this journey with me... a journey of gratitude.