GRATITUDE 07.30.10

GRATITUDE 07.30.10

Another week has passed by way too quickly. Yet, as I pause tonight to reflect on the moments that made up the week, I am grateful for each wonderful moment.

I’m grateful for forgiveness and mercy. I’m a work in progress. I do things before I think, I speak before I analyze and somehow it all comes out wrong. I suppose there is an innocence about me that a trust too easily, speaks too honestly and without a filter. This is something that has gotten me in “trouble” far more often than I care to recount. Those who have known me for a long time just this about me and go on. Those who don’t know me so well are often unintentionally hurt by my words and actions. I’m grateful for the forgiveness of a friend against whom I had made an unintentional transgression.

I’m grateful for a few hours I was able to spend with Andrew this week. We went to high school together and have been reconnecting via facebook, but were able to meet in person this week for a few hours just catching up. It was so good to spend time together in person.

I had a wonderful time celebrating Christopher’s birthday and mine earlier this week. As I grow older, the beauty and fragility of friendships become far more apparent to me. Knowing that today I have more friends and acquaintances than I have ever had is a truly humbling experience for me.

Here’s my confession: I am grateful for the lessons I learn each day about life. Each day I live, I believe I grow in some way. I get bogged down with my list of things I want to do each day. I get frustrated with things that just don’t want to go my way, but I know that life is a beautiful adventure, and even on the cruddiest of days, life is good. I’m grateful for the angels who watch over and protect me. I can’t see them, but I KNOW they are there.

I am grateful for you. If you are reading this, you are a truly special part of my life. Sometimes words evade me and actions fail me. But know that in my heart of hearts, that there is a deep place of love for each and very single person who mean so much to me.