WHAT ARE YOU GRATEFUL FOR?

I woke up this morning and asked myself , am i where i want to be in life?. Then something said to me. How about what you have come through so far? , So i took a step back and began to think of the things that I am grateful for and as i noted them down a smile came over my face....

I am not sure if you feel that your life may not be moving at the pace you would have wanted, but I want you to list down the things that you are grateful for and then you will be able to see how far you have come.

My friends here are the things that i am grateful for:

1. I am grateful for the fact that even though my mother has been gone for 10years this coming month, that absence of the body does not mean absence of the spirit. The things she taught me and the spirit in which she taught still carry me through 10years later.

2. I am grateful that even though my father had a stroke 3 weeks ago and I am not able to be there with him, that he knows that I love him very much as I never seize to tell him. I am blessed that I have family who are able to travel and be there with him for me.

3.I am grateful that I am surrounded by some of the nicest most objective friends in the world. People I know that whatever they say to me, is to make me a better person and their words come from a place of love.

4. I am grateful that i am able to walk about freely and think about what I want for my future, which means that I am alive , and that I have hope because, I know that there are people out there whose lives consist of darkness of the mind , and they feel they have no hope but there is always HOPE.

5. I am grateful that I have dreams and I am still pressing towards them and even when I feel like I have not reached them. I still have the choice to try again and keep pressing on because , I know that failure does not mean the end but an opportunity to try again differently!!.

6. I am grateful for the freedom to practice and be unashamed of my religion and not fear persecution.

7. I am grateful for people like YOU who believe in me and allow me to be a part of your lives.

8. I am grateful that I am at peace with who I am as a Woman, Sister, Aunt, Daughter , Human Being , Friend , Mentor and even though.. I have not met my life partner I am at total peace knowing that he will not Complete me but Compliment me as I will him.

9. I am grateful that even though life has thrown me many heartaches, disappointments and betrayals, those are not the things that define me , but have made me stronger , tolerant and compassionate in so many ways , and I have grown as a human being and am still smiling.

10.I am grateful that I am at peace and it is well in my soul.

When you are done with your list stand back and you will be amazed, that you should have been crushed , broken or even dead a long time ago and yet you are still here and that I applaud you for.!