THE HOLIDAY SEASON AND MY GRADITUDE
TODAY I JUST WANT TO MENTION A FEW OF THE THINGS THAT I AM SO VERY GREATFULL TO HAVE IN MY LIFE. BECAUSE AT ON POINT IN MY LIFE NONE OF THESE THINGS OR ANYTHING MATTERED TO ME. NOW THE PAST 3 YEARS I HAVE COME TO REALIZE THAT THE THINGS IN LIFE THAT REALLY MATTER ARE NOT THE FANCY THINGS THAT MONEY CAN BUY OR ALL THE HIGH-TEC ELECTRONICS THAT ONE FEELS THE NEED TO FILL THEIR HOME WITH. " NOT TO SAY THAT THEY ARE NOT NICE TO HAVE" BUT THE THINGS THAT I WANT TO SHOW MY REAL GRADITUDE FOR ARE THE EVERY DAY THINGS THAT I SOME TIMES I OVERLOOK.
I FIRST WANT TO THANK GOD FOR PROVIDING ME WITH EVERY THING I NEED IN LIFE. FOR THIS I AM GREATFULL.
I AM GRATEFULL TO HAVE A HOME TO COME TO AT THE END OF MY DAY. FOR MANY YEARS I DIDNT HAVE THAT I LIVED IN AND OUT OF HOTELS OR BOUNCED FROM COUCH TO COUCH AT A DIFFERANT FRIENDS HOUSES, OR WORSE YET ROAMING THE STREETS FOR DAYS AND DAYS. I AM SO HAPPPY TO BE OVER THIS PART OF MY LIFE. SLEEPING IN MY OWN BED IS AWSOME!
I AM ALSO GREATFULL TO HAVE A LOVEING FAMILY AND TO BE BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS WITH THEM. MOM, DAD SISTERS, BROTHERS, NEICES AND NEPHEWS AUNTS AND UNCLES. I LOVE YOU ALL SO MUCH AND I THANK YOU ALL FOR SUPPORTING AND ENCOURAGING ME TO KEEP GOING WHILE I HAVE BEEN GOING TO COLLEGE. DAD I COULD HAVE NEVER DONE ANY OF IT WITH OUT YOU. YOU MEAN SO MUCH TO ME THAT I HAVE TROUBLE FINDING THE WORDS TO SAY JUST HOW I FEEL.
I AM GREATFULL FOR THE FRIENDS I HAVE IN LIFE. THE REAL FRIENDS WHO CARE ENOUGH ABOUT ME TO SAY HEY YOU HAVE COME A LONG WAY AND I AM SO PROUD OF YOU OR CORRECT ME WHEN I START TO THINK THAT LIFE ISN'T AS GOOD AS IT IS. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE SUPPORT AND THE HONESTY WHEN I NEED IT THE MOST.
I AM ALSO GREATFULL TO HAVE THE LOVE OF A WOMAN WHO AT TIME IS A REAL PAIN, BECAUSE SHE HAS A WAY OF POINTING OUT THE GOOD EVEN IN THE MOST DIFICULT SITUATIONS. SOME TIMES I JUST WANT TO BE ANGRY AND SAD, BUT SHE HAS A WAY OF LOOKING AT THINGS THAT NO MATTER HOW UPSET I AM SHE MAKES ME THINK ABOUT HOW FAR I HAVE COME IN LIFE AND HOW MUCH BETTER MY LIFE IS NOW. THANK YOU BABY. YOU SO RITE!
I HAVE SO MUCH TO BE GREATFULL AND AT TIMES I TEND TO FORGET JUST HOW MUCH I HAVE BEEN BLESSED WITH IN THIS LIFE. PEOPLE WHO CARE FOR ME, PEOPLE TO EXPLAIN THINGS TO ME THAT I MAY NOT UNDERSTAND, I HAVE A GREAT SUPPORT NETWORK IN MY SOBERITY. THE LIST GOES ON AND ON. BUT DURING THE HOLIDAYS I GET A LITTLE LOST IN HOW MUCH I HAVE AND FORGET JUST HOW MUCH EVERYONE LOVES ME AND SUPPORTS ME.
THE HOLIDAY SEASON IS A TIME OF HAPPINESS TO SHARE WITH THE PEOLE THAT I CARE ABOUT AND WHO CARE ABOUT ME. I CANT FORGET THIS, BECAUSE IF I DO I FORGET TO LOOK AT THE THINGS THAT MATTER THE MOST TO ME. IF I FORGET THIS I TEND TO WANT TO USE AND IF I USE I LOSE ALL THE THINGS THAT I HAVE GAINED IN LIFE BY GETTING SOBER. SO I WILL CONTINUE TO LOOK AND BUILD MY GRATITUDE LIST IN ORDER TO REMIND MYSELF OF EVERYTHING I HAVE IN LIFE.
I AM GREATFULL FOR FOR THE OPPERTUNITY TO HAVE SHARED THIS WITH YOU AND FOR YOU TAKING THE TIME TO READ IT.
HAVE A GREAT HOLLIDAY SEASON AND LOOK CLOSELY AT THE THINGS THAT MATTER TO YOU THE MOST, AND TREASURE EVERY MOMENT.
