GRATITUDE 08.15.10

GRATITUDE 08.15.10

I’m a couple of weeks behind in my gratitude update. The last couple of weeks have been pivotal periods in my life. I have started my new job. While it is a long-term temporary position, there is lots of potential there. I have to say that I really didn’t do a lot of worrying during my months without a job, because I knew deep in my soul that everything would work out for the best.

I am grateful for the unique experiences that have come my way in the last few months. This year has been wrought with so many changes, so many transitions and, in turn, so many unexpected blessings. While I find that I am still searching for my place in this world, so many questions have been answered and so many voids have been filled.

I’m grateful for the amazing gift of friendship. Friendships, just like any relationship, are difficult. There are ups and downs, misunderstandings and difficulties. I’m grateful for the friends I have. I still function best in a small group of friends, but when I look at where I was two or three years ago and where I am now, I’m just stunned at how far I’ve come. I have some of the most amazing people in my life. Knowing that there are a few individuals who would drop everything and do whatever I need at a moment’s notice is something that just defies words to me. I feel so unworthy, but so very blessed.

I’m grateful for the way things are falling into place in my life, as though they were divinely ordered. Sometimes I think it takes letting go and just relying on the one who is mightier than I to really see movement in my life. Things are not always the way we want them to be or the way we would choose, but in the end, it seems that everything happens exactly the way it is supposed to.

Here’s my confession: I have no idea what my tomorrows hold, but I know that my present is fully of many amazing gifts and treasures. I am grateful for those who take me exactly as I am and still love me. I have a million faults, but the fact that someone is willing to overlook my flaws means so very much.

Gratitude is such a simple concept. If only the whole world would adopt the attitude of gratitude, what a more peaceful way our world could operate.