My Mom!

I am very grateful for my  Mom!

Today is her birthday and I am grateful she is healthy and strong. I am grateful to have been able to wish her a very happy birthday, although by phone.

I am grateful for all the things she taught me and for all the patience she had, and still has, with me in spite of what I put her through. As you know, teenagers always know more than their parents, and I was not any different.

I am grateful for her wisdom, intelligence, and hard working qualities and for all of her other unmentioned wonderful traits!

I am grateful she is MY Mom!!!

Telephones

Today, I am grateful for telephones. Because of phones, I am able to call my parents and talk with them as if they were here, although they are 5,000 miles apart.

I am too far away from them, but at least I can pick up the phone and talk with them any time I wish. I must admit, it is always great to hear their voices.

So, yes, I am very grateful for telephones!

Internet

Today I am grateful for the Internet.

It is so easy to find information needed over the World Wide Web. If you have pets, you know how expensive it is to keep up the monthly preventive medicine.

Well, thanks to the Internet, through some research, I was able to find a way to keep up the monthly preventive for my cats at a fraction of the cost.

I love having access to the Internet. I just have to make sure that it is used wisely as, among the wheat one finds the tares as well. The wheat is good. Tares, however, are not.

What good and worthwhile finds have you been able to access through the Internet lately?

Work

I am grateful for work. Whether it be the regular day job, or volunteer work, or just plain work around the house, I am grateful that I have work to do.

When I am working, I get to learn new things, improve skills I already have, share my knowledge with others, serve others, and around the house make things prettier.

I am grateful that I am healthy enough to do work in and out of the home. There are many out there who cannot work due to a disability. And there are those who do not work because they cannot find employment. It is tough out there, so I am thankful that Heavenly Father has blessed me with employment and other opportunities to serve others.

Life Is Beautiful

Life is beautiful and I am grateful for it.

Don't get me wrong, I have my challenges, disappointments, hardships, etc., but who doesn't?
The most important part is how we address and how we react to these stumbling blocks.

I have chosen to accentuate the positive. All things have two sides: the good and the not so good.
Choose to look at the good one!

I am grateful that I am able to find the positive in the various situations I encounter in life.

I hope you will give it a try!

Lost Count

It has been a very long time, since the last time I posted something.
It is not because I have not been grateful, as every day, I have given thanks for all the blessings I received. Life just got in a way...

I am back though and I am ready to resume my daily posts about gratitude.
May be I should start from 1 again and hope that life will not get in the way of my plans!

Today, I am grateful for friends who willingly lend you their extra vehicle until you find a new one of your own!

My son was in a car accident a little over two weeks ago. It could have been much worse than it was and I am very grateful that he will make a full recovery. The car, however, was a total loss. I am now looking for a new vehicle and it is very hard to find something reliable that does not cost a whole lot of money.
This family I know has allowed me to use their extra vehicle so I don't have to pay for a rental. I am very grateful to them!

I hope your life is filled with friends such as mine.