Take a moment each day to notice that I love my life

Didn’t have time to come up here to write everyday…
just for today:
appriate the concerns my parents have for me. makes me a better person.

Today I’m starting my day with a good cup of coffee, a healthy breakfast and a beautiful sunny day. It honestly doesn’t get better than this!

while i was cleaning my room, i found boxes of toys still there from when i was little.
i didn’t notice them until now…
i also thought my parents gave me such a wonderful “first half” childhood…
i guess i’m still a child at age 15..??
so grateful for that, i love my life.

i get to eat the best food in the world everyday (mom’s cook)
so grateful to have them.
love my life :)

it’s not often that someone stops and takes a moment to think about life. i think this goal can drag me into a brighter side of the world where i’ll have more chances to be happy and grateful for what i have…

my thoughts:
i am grateful for the safe/warm neighborhood/home i live in.
so many out there are homeless, or live in harmful environments where they could easily be injured (mentally and physically).
can’t imagine how much fear and pressure they have to take in each day…

I am a 911 dispatcher. When people hear that they say “wow… I could never do that” and most of the time I say “oh its nothing”. But you know what… it is something and its not an easy job – in fact its pretty freaking hard. But I do it… and I love it! Its hard to send officers, men and women that I love, into a situation where they could get hurt or killed. Its hard to listen to crap a lot. Its hard to see how high school kids have no respect for the police and throw rocks at the police cars to smash their windows out. Don’t they realize that those rocks could seriously injure a human being.. but they don’t realize that. They see a form of authority and want to fight it. Yeah.. I could go on and on.. but I do love it. Not everyone can do it.

since awakening in 2008 to the amazing lift of being grateful each day, i have been practicing daily gratitude and appreciation at the wonderful life that i have. yesterday i was riding my bike through the golden light of afternoon, down the Lister Mile- a pedestrian-only street lined with cafes and boutiques, and picked up my new friend to go to a cafe and listen to live opera in an intimate setting. it was absolutely incredible.

I love my boys. They are 21 and 19. As a mom I was always worried that they slip down that slippery path downward or that something would happen to them. From toddlers to teenagers I always hoped that they would be safe and no danger would come to them. It was hard lots of times to take a step back and let them make their own mistakes and feel hurt. Today they are fine young men, loving life and have goals and ambitions. I know every day that some kind of harm may come to them but so far so good! Thats what I love about my life today.

I really do love my life, the freedom i have to create the life i want. The support i have wherever i go. I am in an amazing place on my journey right now. I am in a new city , i dont really know many people and i am hearing more clearly what it is i do want. I have faced a lot of fear i didn’t know i had and i love it because its bringing me back to myself , what i want, how i want to live my life.

Its so easy to quickly become negative about Christmas but I have nothing at all to be negative about. I may not have enough time to do all the things I want to do in my head to make it perfect, but I have enough time, enough money and a nice life to make it just right for me and my family.