July 4, 2012

  • Gratitude

       I'm a little overdue for a Gratitude List. The way I'm feeling this morning, I think it's time enumerate my blessings. 

       I am grateful for the fatigue and body aches that have come with the most recent increase in my antibiotic therapy. It means the Amoxicillin is working and killing off those dastardly spirochetes from the Lyme infection. I am grateful to have found a doctor who can help me feel better. 

       I am excited and hopeful that my new Practice Leader seems to get how busy and stressful my position can be. Maybe life at work will become a little better. 

       I am grateful for supportive friends and family who keep my spirits up and give me comfort when I am hurting.  I love that they are there for me.  I am also grateful for my local Lyme sisters who have gone ahead of me and pointed me in the right direction to regaining my health. 

      I am grateful for my Wednesdays off. It gives me opportunity to rest mid-week so I can continue to do my job more effectively when I am there.

     I LOVE MY DOG! She is a cuddler and a comfort. Even as I am typing this, she is sleeping in the recliner, the rhythmicity of her breathing relaxing me.

      I am grateful that my children are healthy and seeming to have lives that work for them. And though they have moved away, some farther than others, I am grateful that they choose to stay in contact with me. 

       I am grateful for the love and support of my husband. He is always there for me when I need him. He talks with me while I am waiting for the pain to go away, distracts me from my bad moods with teasing and is a devoted volunteer Fire Chief. You'd think that would make him less available, but when I really need him to, he is there for me.

      I am grateful that nothing is permanent.

    Blessings abound

Comments (4)

  • Much love and respect. You are wonderful to find so much to be grateful for under the circumstances.

  • gratitude is a good thing. perhaps the most helpful, healthy thing of all.

  • Wow you know how to live a happy life... being grateful is something that most people have not been successful in doing. People get too busy with life and end up focusing on the rough turns life has taken. that's when we forget how even being able to breath is something to be grateful.

  • Thank you for your comments. Cultivating gratitude helps me appreciate what I have when I am feeling overwhelmed by the vagaries of life. Blessings abound

Comments are closed.

Post a Comment