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I am thankful for clicking on the Contest Announcement and realizing that this theme is something I would definitely like to write about.

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Thanksgiving Day  is a time when we all think about what we are thankful and grateful for.  Before I start,  I want to clarify that these are things that I am grateful for from the time I wake up in the morning EVERY day, until I lay my head down to sleep EVERY night.

Let me start from the beginning…..

There was a time in my life that I did not really know how to be thankful or grateful.  My life revolved around what others thought of me, and what I could do for them…. in order for me to feel good about myself. It was this kind of thinking that dictated the way I felt about myself and it was this kind of thinking that would ultimately break down my inner self.

If I do not love myself, how can I love others?

Spirituality came from within. Over a period of time I became spiritually ...bankrupt....until one day I realized that in order for me to live life on life’s terms it meant that I had to work on myself from the inside. I had to reach deep into my very being and repair the damage of a low self esteem. I discovered that I needed to cross that bridge and find my own inner path that would lead to the meaning of my very existence.

Only then….did my soul start to breathe.

My repairing soul has a positive source of light that shines from within self and my heart began to sing. With an open mind to make good choices there was nothing in the world that could stop me from reaching for the stars. I began to ‘grow up’.  I always keep in mind that I have to have  to keep growing (keep learning, keep working on self) so I don’t become stagnant.

Without all those troubling times, I would not be the woman I am today.   I am thankful for loving myself enough to take the risk to try another way.  A new way of thinking to create new beliefs and different behaviors that followed.   CHANGE.   

CHANGE.

There is nothing constant in this world except CHANGE.

 Sometimes it takes a tragedy to allow one to think about all the things they should be thankful for. Sometimes it is just the 'want' to be a better human being.  Mine was both. My spiritual being now contained qualities that started from inside me and I learned how to do things for myself.  Including loving myself. Only then was I able to love others. I have compassion, forgiveness, patience and tolerance (believe me this is all a work in progress!) responsibility and concern and caring for others.

This spiritual inner growth began  to manifest outside of me.

Simply, working on myself from the inside….and everything else follows.  

There isn’t a day that passes by that I am not thankful and grateful for my husband Gary, who supports me in every way imaginable in a marriage and being my best friend. I am thankful for all my family, my mom, my children and for the miracle of birth and my grandson Brayden. Because without family there isn’t that reward of being a ‘part of’.

I am thankful for the little things. A rainbow, the sun shining and the budding of a rose in my garden. I live simply and give to others to see a happy smile on their face. I help others and the reward of appreciation radiates in my "you're welcome".

I am thankful for the breath of life every day so I can enjoy everything around me. This is what living life to the fullest means.  Being thankful for everything I have....not for want of more.

Without a healthy sense of self…there will be nothing.

I know….Because I’ve been there.

I will always remember where I came from…

…..And where I want to go.

I am Thankful.

Disclosure: This post is a submission to the DocuSign/ActiveRain Thankful Contest. It's possible I will win a prize for writing this post. You could win a prize too by going to the Contest Announcement and sharing your own story.

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