Thanksgiving and gratitude
November 25, 2010
I want to share how many things I have to be grateful for this year. And I want to remind you that no matter what is going on in your life, you can find something to be grateful for. Start with you woke up and can feel the new day. If you are lucky enough to see it, then that is a plus. If you have love it your life, even if it is an animal or other living thing, then you are lucky. If we want to we can always find things to be grateful for, every day. I love Thanksgiving because gratitude is the focus of the day. If we are not grateful, then self-pity and complaining are the topics of the day and we will not have a chance at being happy. I am grateful to be born in the most prosperous and remarkable nation in the history of man, and during a most prosperous era. The same man has loved me for 35 years and is more loving than even now as we did our marriage vows with a wonderful pastor from a church we find “home”. God makes sense to us and we live our spirituality, not just talk it. We can pray and make a difference as well as take action to make things as good as we can in this country and in daily life as we go about our business. I have a meaningful job where I can really help people change their lives and become their full potential. I can feel my feelings and not try to escape them in any way so life if rich and meaningful. I come from a loving family with good values, morals, integrity and kindness. I have beautiful children and grandchildren who are healthy and good people. God has been good to me all my life no matter what troubles I have been through and there have been many. I live in awe and wonder at the love and beauty that surrounds me. There is no abuse in my life and my feelings are balanced and good. I have healed my codependency and addictions and will be forever greatful one day at a time. I have a multitude of wonderful friends and neighbors. Thank you, all of you that are reading this.
Choose the way you want to think
November 10, 2010
You can choose the way you want to think, your attitude, your belief systems; in other words, you have control over how your life goes by your initial thinking and your reactions to what life offers. You will not need defensive behavior and reactionary anger. You can choose to see what happens and what people say in a realistic manner instead of a distorted one. Check out my articles to get more information. Prayer is a good way to start the day, with gratitude, even if you dont FEEL it. “Act as if” is a good reminder and soon you will be believing. This will help you with codependency, addictions, insomnia, abuse, and resentment/grief. It will help with depression and elder care, toxic relationships, and aiming towards healthy ones. Love is the bottom line but needs to be practiced and open your heart for physical health as well as emotional well-being. Never leave out possibility of counseling and coaching for lasting mental health.
