GRATITUDE 5.16.08

This has been a good week for me. I’ve learned a lot of lessons about myself this week. I’ve learned to let go of some feelings and fears. I’ve been encouraged by situations in my life this week that make me want to grow. I’m leaning to embrace new ideas and new experiences in my life. I look at the things in my life as being on a plate. I’m looking forward to removing some of the negative or non-productive things in my life and replacing them with some very positive experiences. I’m grateful for the people and situations in my life this week that have given me the motivation to move forward.

I’m so proud of one of the things I did this week. If you have been reading regularly, you know I’ve struggled so much with my workout routine. I’m so pleased to report that I worked out all five days this week! My body is sore, but in a very good way. I feel so extremely exhilarated and motivated to keep going. I’m grateful for the mental and physical benefits this routine is bringing and will continue to bring into my life.

I’m so grateful for the friendships that inspire me each and every day. There are three or four people I can count on each and every single day to encourage me, be honest with me and keep me grounded. Without them I shudder to think of where I would be. They have been mainstays in my life. They have brought about new experiences in my life. Mere words will never fully express my gratitude.

As I’ve looked over my short relationship with Trevor, I am grateful for the experience that relationship brought into my life. I learned so many lessons about myself, relationships and my future. I’m so very grateful and am so hopeful for what my future will bring. I believe in my heart of hearts that good things are in my future. I believe there are wonderful lessons to be learned.

I’ve been reading “A New Earth” by Eckhart Tolle, the Oprah Winfrey book club selection. One of the things I learned this week is to truly learn to live in the Now. The now is all we really have. It was a deep “ah-ha” moment for me. I’m so grateful for that.

Here’s my confession: This has been a week of intense change and growth for me. I’m so excited about the future. I’m even further excited about the here and now. I’m intensely grateful for the people, experiences and truths that are coming to fruition in my life. As I told a friend today, the last several months of my life have not been exactly as I had anticipated, but have been exactly what I have needed and nothing less. Each little step along the way has propelled me a little closer to my goals, in ways I may have never expected. Life is, for all practical purposes, very good…and I can think of nothing more excited for which to be grateful.