Yesterday I had quite a stressful day. If only I made a list of things I was sick of, I thought, it would be so much easier than my gratitude list. After I thought this I began to wonder if it was true. Life is hard for all of us, no matter how it looks on the outside. We all have problems and stress. Sometimes our inner world is full of pain and turmoil will those on the outside look at us thinking we have it all together, or envy what we have. There are some emotions I never allow myself to indulge in: envy and jealousy are two of these. If someone has something that I want, I either go and get if for myself, or I deal with it in a mature way. We don’t all get what we want, and neither should we. So today I am grateful for what I do have. As I write this the sun is coming in through the blinds and some beautiful roses my parents bought me for my first Mothers’ Day are on the table. It is a Saturday so my husband is at home. This is when I am most happy: when I have my family around me. So today I am grateful for being loved enough to be sent flowers, grateful for my boys, and grateful just to have so much to be grateful for. Even if, on bad days, I feel that it can not rival all of the things getting on my last nerve.
Catch up on other days:
What are you grateful for?