Day 4

Today is Veteran's day and today I'm thankful for those that serve. It's a tough job, one I would not want, and one I don't think I could do. No matter what your political views are and how you feel about the military in general, it's a tough job!! You have to go where the president says you go and you can't have an opinion about it. You risk your lives for others without blinking an eye. You keep us safe during times of crisis. Thank you and May God bless you all!

I am thankful to live in this country. It's not perfect but it's what I have and I'm proud of it. I am an immigrant from another country and I was so proud of becoming a citizen of these great United States, I cried! Such a proud day! We can make it through these tough times I know it. Back to basics living will humble us and make us stronger people. We need to live like they did before us, making due, being creative and honorable. Sometimes I feel these characteristics are lacking on today's society and in this generation. I am giving up a lot to produce as I call it "A good citizen of the world" in my home. I'm constantly trying to shape my son's behavior to make him accountable. I wish everyone did, because no one is going to help you unless you help yourself and being uncaring and spoiled is no way to live!

So here's to you the American Soldier, you are tough, unspoiled and caring for us all in this great nation, Thank you for all you do for us, even though we don't deserve it.

This is my one of my best friends' purse on my table, she's over tonight to babysit while my husband and I have date night.


Today I'm thankful for my friends. I'm happy that people like me enough to spend time with me and help me in times of need. I have found so many times that friendship is a more truer love that that of family. I believe this is true because there is no obligation in the bond of friendship. In family there is a an obligation and not necessarily a desire to do good. With family you HAVE to love each other, with friends there is a freedom and a fleeting that if you are not treated with dignity you can break the bond easily. I feel like in friendship you always need to be on your best behavior because it's not guaranteed like family can be. You try, you have to nurture, or you are forgotten. All good things in life must be worked at and not given freely, then you truly know their value.

Day 2:

I am thankful that I have to get up at this God awful hour because I have a job. I am thankful that I have the money to buy coffee, that I awoke with relatively no pain. I am thankful that my little boy made it through the night. He's such a good boy even though he's getting sick. I have many things to reflect upon this early in the morning. It's only 2 days and I'm beginning to see a pattern whereby the little things in life make us happy and bring us joy. These "things" in our lives, I'll call them markers are pathways to the sentiment behind them. Like I said previously, health, family, security, and prosperity may be the secret pathways to happiness.

30 days of gratitude

I heard about this challenge on Facebook. It's very simple, 3o days of gratitude. I started today while getting back from a run this morning. I took a picture of my shoes. It's so weird, I know but I think it's a good way to start, from the ground up.

I am thankful for my shoes for many reasons. I have feet to put the shoes on. I can walk and run without pain. I had enough money to buy the shoes. I can see their color, and they are comfortable.

I was disappointed in my run this morning because I had to walk for part of it. That's okay, I guess since I was out for 2 weeks with a cold and felt like I was going to die. I was so happy during the running part of the 4 miles because I felt so alive and hardly coughed. I think this 30 day challenge is a great way to increase the positive energy in my life and a way to change my thinking. It's so easy to be jaded in this life and to be depressed. I am a work in progress...day one!