It has been a really rough year for me. It was by far the worst year of my life. As Thanksgiving rolls around, I usually start thinking back on the past year and pondering all the things I am grateful for. When I started to do that this year, however, I began to wallow in negativity and feel that I didn’t have a whole lot to be thankful for. This has been weighing on me for a couple of weeks now as I see many of my friends on Facebook listing daily the gratitude they feel for different things. I just haven’t been feeling it this year and I have been stuck in a funk about it. Over the last couple of days I have really been trying to focus on the positive and see that despite all of the many horrible things that have happened over the past twelve months or so, I still have a great deal to be thankful for.
I’m thankful to be alive. One year ago, that was not a certainty. Cancer barged into my life but it did not beat me. I am here and I am healthy.
I am grateful for a roof over my head. It may not be the home that we poured so much of ourselves into, but it is still home for now because we fill it with love.
I am so very thankful for my family. Without my husband and son, I would have never made it through this past year. I feel so blessed that the hubby is mended from his injury and back to work.
I am extremely grateful for my job. Just when it looked like the bills couldn’t get paid, fate stepped in and provided me with the perfect situation.
It goes on and on. Everyone has something to be thankful for, even if life has been dumping lemons on your head all year. Having an attitude of gratitude will truly help you to be a happier person regardless of your circumstances. Find the silver lining and it really will lighten the burden.
From myself and the entire RS Vacations family, we wish you a blessed Thanksgiving. May it be a time filled with love, laughter and gratitude for life.
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