valerena in Paris is doing 40 things including…

appreciate what I have

19 cheers

 

valerena has written 2 entries about this goal

What I have:

A beautiful, healthy family. Two wonderful, beautiful children. A caring husband who is a good man and a good father, who loves his children, who is a provider, who brings me flowers for no good reason and makes me feel beautiful. Health care and no debt, no school loans, no credit card bills. My health and my family’s health. A roof over our heads, in the form of a small but comfortable apartment, in a village that is walking distance to Paris. A view of the Eiffel Tower from the park where my children play. The gift of being able to be a stay at home mom to my children for the first three years of their lives. A wonderful preschool for my three year old that is a two minute walk from home.

I am indeed very blessed. I must remember this, every day.



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You know that expression “The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence”? It’s so true, and yet it’s such a self-destructive way of looking at the world. I do not stop often enough to see and appreciate all the things I have in my life. A wonderful husband, a decent job, good lifelong friends, my health, my husband’s health, being able to travel, a loving family, a cute dog. My whole life, I have always looked at and obsessed over what I don’t have, rather than acknowledging what I do have. This stops today.



valerena has gotten 19 cheers on this goal.

 

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