be more thankful

i am belssed to be born in America. To have a job, to have a healthy family to have a great place to live. I feel like I shoudl be doing more. giving back. I dont feel like I have anythign to give.

I am thankful today that i have been able to accept something I cant change. I am also thankful for some much needed sales ( I am commision only) and some good news on some other fronts. i will try to take each thing that happens and sift through to find some positive stuff.

that life cant get any worse…it does. Right now i can only think of a couple things to feel grateful about. My children and I are all healthy.

my husband has been so patient with me. he has taught me so much about seeing the silver lining in everything. he puts things in perspective when i feel grouchy and ungrateful. today i am thankful for him, his love, his patience, and mostly for choosing me to be his wife.

Yesterday I watched people leave a banquent hall that is on the bottom floor of the office building I work in. They were all senoirs. Some of them active looking most hunched over needing assistance to walk. I am thankful I can walk. I can walk so I should not take that for granted. I should walk. When I walk I will walk tall and strong for as long as I can.

Life is short and unpredictable. Everyday is a gift. I have so much to be thankful for. Mostly I am thankful for my health and my kids health. I had open heart surgury when i was a baby that saved my life. How easy it would have been for the intern that day to overlook the small murmur he heard. I was given the chance to live a full life and I want to honor that gift everyday.

I have so many people to thank for. From people who helped me in school (teachers/classmates) to friends, family and co-workers.

To make this more achievable, I think I should put a definite number of people to thank. I think for this year, my minimum goal is to thank 27 people (through letters/cards, preferably with pictures so they can remember me). Why 27? I guess to celebrate my 27 years of existence.

My plan of action is to look up people. My old teachers from high school would be hard to find but I will try my best. My friends from high school and college are spread out already but thanks to friendster and myspace, I think it will be easier to re-connect. So anyway, I will update this goal as I progress in it. If anybody has suggestions or inputs please feel free to leave me one. Thanks.

“if the only prayer you ever said was “thank you,” that would suffice.

I have found mself looking for the things to be thankful in every day. I’d say this goal will never fully be done since I want my gratitude to grow every day for everything and everyone.

I am thankful that I have the opportunity to babysit my neice every Thursday. It is a great chance to see her grow and learn. It’s amazing to watch how fast a baby learns things. I just love her so much!