Living your life in gratitude

Living your life in gratitude 

So many people are always looking for the next best thing, the next new thing, the hottest thing and they never seem to be satisfied. It's always on to the next, always wanting more, wanting bigger and better, that they never stop to be grateful. 

I grew up poor, I wanted the good life I saw on television on shows like Dynasty (Sorry Dinosaur reference) I wanted that big life at any cost. Even when I saw all the red flags it didn't matter. But when I got all I wished for, I wasn't grateful for what I had, in fact I was miserable. I remember starting a gratitude journal because Oprah was doing it and I couldn't think of anything I was grateful for except my girls.

Each day I struggled with what I was grateful for, so I started small, that God woke me up, that I had a home and food and eventually my list grew and grew.

It wasn't until I walked away from it all that I learned gratitude. With nothing, with struggle, with faith I learned how to be grateful for everything.

I can be grateful for the sunrise on the way home from the gym.

I can be grateful for the peace I feel in my home when I come home at night.

I am grateful for times where my girls and I are sitting around the table talking about our day and laughing not having to walk on eggshells anymore.

I learned being grateful isn't about "stuff" or "likes" it's about the little things in life.

Feeling peace, knowing joy, learning lessons even make me grateful because I know that I am never too old to learn, to grow and to change. Everything in life makes me learn gratitude, big or small. 

So today my friends remember to look around you. Look at the clouds, the sunsets, the birds flying over the lake. Think about the things that don't cost you money, but that bring you happiness. This month is Thanksgiving, where we need a day to tell us to give thanks, why not always feel that way? Start today, write down all that you are grateful for, I promise you it will change your life. When you live a life full of gratitude, you will have so much more to be grateful for.

Join us tomorrow when our subject will be gratitude in our monthly Soul Sisters Solutions talk @ 6:30 pm 

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