Happy New Year! I decided I wanted to start a project for 2011 and make myself accountable to post every day. For those of you that know me, I'm diabetic. I was diagnosed in July 2009, but was probably sick for almost a year before I knew. Its been a bumpy ride up to this point.
My attitude has sucked for this past two years. Even though I've been incredibly blessed this whole time, and really good things have happened in my life, being ill has clouded my attitude and outlook. I feel really bad about that. I feel bad that my whining and negativity had an effect on my friends and loved ones. But I'm so grateful that they stuck it out and put up with me and continued to love me.
I cant say that I will never whine or complain again, or that negativity will never squirm around inside my head. But I want to constantly remind myself (and others) how truly blessed I am (and they are). Living in America, we are so fortunate that we forget how good we have it. Even in our most difficult times, we are still better off than a majority of the world's population. We have clean water to drink or bathe and it comes right out of many faucets any time we want it. For the most part, our children are loved, fed, and safe from war. Our wars are somewhere else, not in our front yards, or the next street over.
I'm thankful for all these things and more. And so every day this year, I will post something I'm grateful for, no matter how big or how small. My goal is to not "reach" for a reason, but something I've experienced that day. I'm hoping that readers will comment on my "gratitude du jour", or post their own reasons for being grateful on any given day. Our entire culture right now is stuck living in fear and worry because of the economy and state of American politics. This will NOT be a blog about politics and any comments or posts about politics will be deleted. I want people to stop and think, that no matter how bleak things are, we still have things to be thankful for and blessings that we dont even recognize or see. I dont expect to start a revolution. But an attitude of gratitude creates positive thought and energy. And who cant use more of that?
