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Gratitude

Friday, January 15th, 2016

I believe that gratitude is an important part of life. Do you take time to think about what you're grateful for? Do you have a gratitude journal? Does it help you feel more grateful? I feel grateful most of the time, but have not started a gratitude journal as of yet. It's on my list to do this year and hopefully I'll get it started this month.

However, I woke up this morning feeling filled with gratitude for everything in my life and felt the need to share.

I am thankful for my health, my husband's health, our families health, our friend's health.

I am thankful for the close relationship that my husband and I share. The friendship, the love, the commitment we have to each other, the life we have together.

I am thankful for the close relationships I have with my kids. I share a bond with them that grows stronger every year. We've survived a lot together, and ended up on top.

I am thankful for my family. My parents, my siblings, my nieces and nephews, aunts and uncles, cousins, and my husband's family. We are blessed to have so many people out there that we are proud to call family.

I am thankful for my old friends with whom I share many memories and who have always been there for me and always will be. I'm thankful for my new friends who have become such an important part of my everyday life.

I am thankful to start this new year in a job with people that make me happy to go to work every day, that appreciate me and what I do for our company. I'm thankful that I was sent out to network two years ago and that through that, I've grown and changed so much as a person. I've met so many new people, made many new friends, have become a person who can stand in front of a room of people, speak to them without fear, and be myself. I've gained wisdom, confidence, and joie de vivre: the carefree enjoyment of life.  

Please feel free to reply and tell me what your grateful for. Do you have a gratitude journal? Does it help you feel more grateful? Or remember to look for the good in everything? MW

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