Let’s face it there are times when you just
don’t feel like being grateful, showing that you are blessed, or even see any
silver lining around that dark cloud. Life just seems to bite you in the butt
but good. How are you suppose to feel grateful for the loss of a close family
member, your best friend, you not being able to pay your bills on time, or at
all? You know you should find some reason to feel grateful and positive even if
you have court coming up and you don’t know what the verdict will be. Truth is,
it is very difficult to find that one spark of gratitude and positive thinking
in any of these situations.
I have struggled with being grateful no
matter what happened, because I know that if I am grateful, thankful and stay
focused on the positive side of things then I can find the solution to just
about anything that happens. However, if I get stuck in the muck of negative
emotions then it just seems hopeless. Not to mention I am not a very nice
person to be around when I am mucky and grrrr around the house.
When I lost custody of my son, I couldn’t
figure out where to be thankful, grateful and positive. I just didn’t see any
reason to have a grateful attitude and heart. My world had come crashing down
around me, but then I started to see the change in my son’s attitude toward me.
I saw how much he wanted to be with me, how he enjoyed spending as much time
with me and how he was opening up to me and talking with me the older he got.
We are closer in our bond as mother and son than I believed possible. He is
growing into such an amazing independent thinking, fun person. For this I am
grateful for. I might not be thankful for losing custody, but out of the
situation I am finding what I need to help me continue to have a grateful
attitude.
I am thankful for my ex because without
him, no matter how horrible he was to me, or how bad the situation, I am
thankful to have had him in my life. I have an amazing son because of him. If
my ex hadn’t been in my life I would not be able to understand or help others
that have gone through the same or similar situation as I have. I can empathize and sympathize with them and
give them the tools that are needed to heal and move past this because I am
able to better understand.
The more grateful I am the happier I will
be and with my attitude of gratitude is the feelings of being blessed and I am
opening up myself to all the other blessings that are just waiting to be handed
to me. Because I know that what I think about I bring about. I am the one with
choices here in this life and I am going to consciously chose to be thankful
and grateful for everything. Whether I determine something to be good or bad
doesn’t make it so…This stuff just is, I am the one to attach the emotion to
the situation, therefore I am going to just chose to find a reason to be
grateful.
So take a moment today to count your
blessings and name them one by one. Be grateful that you are a breathing,
living soul that has a chance to help someone else going through what you have.
Get that Gratitude Attitude working for you, you’ll be amazed at what you find
in your life that you can call, Great!
