Living Your Life Mindfully

Everyday Gratitude

Three things I am grateful for every day

Things For Which I Am Grateful Each Day

As I greet each new day, I take a few moments to express my gratitude.

I feel immense appreciation as I witness each new day. I rise in my right mind with the ability to provide for myself and my family. They are healthy and happy.

Because life brings so many challenges in our path, I believe that finding things to be grateful for lends meaning to what can feel like an arduous life journey.

Whatever the current hardship we face, we can always find something to be grateful for.

Grateful for moments of solitude

Today I woke early, the rest of my family was still adrift on the waves of dreams.

I went into another room and flung open the curtains. I always tear open my curtains when I wake, I love to greet the day that way.

Colored streams of light sent their vast array of colored beams into my world.

Gossamer clouds floated overhead with the promise of clear skies drenched in sunlight. I stood there gazing out at the expanse of neighboring homes.

This is my favorite time of day; the world is just beginning to wake, and I have a few moments of solitude to feel and say thank you to the Great Spirit.

I returned to the main living room where we all camped out the past two nights.

My Snookums turned over and the covers went askew, I rearranged them as I gently stroked his head.

Later I went outdoors, the peach and plum trees are laden with fruits again. I walk the path in my neighborhood admiring the trees, birds, and landscape. I breathe in the fresh air, and I feel calm and soothed from mother nature’s bosom.

I returned to my home and sat outdoors admiring the flowers and enjoying the morning’s quiet and coolness.

Soon the early-morning exercisers will make their entry, so I look skyward and say thank you again.

Conclusion

I try to live my life in a perpetual state of gratitude. And I find it is not a difficult thing to do.

Working in a large county hospital has allowed me to see too much tragedy and pain. And because I witness so much suffering, I constantly thank God for my blessings.

To reiterate the three things I am most grateful for today are, my family, health, and life.

These contribute to my reasons for smiling.

Let’s all live in a state of gratitude.

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Pene Hodge is a mom, a nurse, and a writer. She writes because she must. She loves people and is committed to sharing and gleaning knowledge for the betterment of all.