Don't worry, it won't be like my forever long post of things that make me blissfully happy, I just realized today that there are a couple things in my life that I am completely grateful for.
See it all started this morning when my father told me that he and I were off to clean the church building for Sunday. This isn't new for me, I grew up frequently cleaning the church on Saturdays but normally we had a couple other people to help, but today it was just me and him and the whole huge church. Which was filthy.
As I was working and thinking (with, I have to admit, some disgust) about what kind of people would let their place of worship get into this kind of state it hit me just how lucky I was that I had been raised to treat things that are important to me with respect, and to always, ALWAYS treat things that are of God with respect. Initially it was just a thought that came and went, but about an hour later as I was cleaning something else I realized how grateful I was that my parents had raised me with a good old fashioned sense of work ethic. I was grateful that I not only believed in getting the job done right, but that I knew how to get a job done right and I didn't mind the extra work that is typically involved in getting it done right. My thoughts went from that to being EXTREMELY grateful that I am physically able to work! I always feel so badly for people who would love nothing more than working and aren't actually able to. I feel so blessed that I can.
And that just kind of set off a day of gratitude. All day long I would see things and realize just how lucky I am. My friend gave me a call letting me know that she was back with her cheating boyfriend because she was just so afraid of being alone and I was so grateful that my fear of being alone never overpowered the knowledge that I was worth more. I was grateful that I knew I was worth waiting for.
I was at the store and my cashier was an extremely unpleasant person and I was just grateful that I am lucky enough to have a personality that is naturally more able to see the good sides of life and enjoy all that I have.
A friend that I've only recently met but that I already am quite certain I will adore tremendously texted me and we had a fabulous conversation that made me grateful that I get to meet so many wonderful people in my life and enjoy their company.
Today was just a grateful day! I have so much and I'm so thankful for it! Today was a grateful day.
6 comments:
Bonnie, I do SO admire your sunny outlook :)
What a great post! I love how those days can happen - how you can suddenly see all the great things in your life where most people wouldn't. Thank you for sharing - I really enjoyed and appreciated reading this post. Kisses!
Way to go! I am having more and more of those days. You are off to a great start. Keep up the grateful outlook & you will be one of the happy people!
I am grateful for your sharing your thoughts on gratitude. This made me think about my day. I started the day meeting the scripture reading challenge our ward is participating in with the Young Men and Young Women. The challenge is to read 7 pages a day for 77 days at which time we will have finished the entire Book of Mormon. This supposedly takes about 15 minutes a day.I thought I would throw in a little extra challenge and I am doing my reading in Spanish which takes me a least an hour a day because I do NOT understand the words of Isaiah and have to read it in English and refer to a commentary. I MUST say how grateful I am for the words of Isaiah. I have learned that I do NOT have the Spirit of Prophecy because I do NOT understand his words (see 2 Nephi 25:4), especially in Spanish. This fact gives me something to work on. Also, I am grateful to say that I have finished reading Isaiah and I look forward to reading it again next year.
Bonnie, you are truly an amazing person! You have an ability that very few people have, the ability to see the beauty of life in even the most unpleasant moments. Because of this, you will always find happiness in life, and you will always be satisfied. Grateful people are happy people. I wish I could emulate your same attitude! LOVE YOU!!!
It was great to read about what things you are grateful for; it is even more fun to know that now that I live closer, I hear about some of these things BEFORE I read them on the blog! Yay for me!!
I am with you on the Church... I actually quite enjoyed doing it with Dad that one morning, because it felt like I was doing a great thing. I am SO glad our parents instilled in us a certain respect for those things, and a willingness to do our part.
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