Day After Day, and Still Grateful

Is it silly to be grateful for the same things day after day? Personally, I don't see a problem with this. After all, if I am grateful for what I currently have, it isn't going to change that much from day to day! Sure there are things that come into our lives every day that may be different or new, but being grateful for the things that are steady and still there is conducive to the law of attraction.

So what things am I grateful for AGAIN? Easy.. I am always grateful for my children. They are wonderful, intelligent, creative individual that I learn from every day. I am grateful for my phone service. Have I mentioned how much I enjoy calling the UK several times a day?! With most phone plans, that would be an outrageous proposition.. I love my phone plan! I am grateful for having found the love of my life. I am grateful that he is always there for me, and always supportive of me. I am grateful for my washing machine. Three kids, the middle of nowhere, and laundromats do NOT go together! Trust me.. we've done it! I am grateful for having our gerbil Midnight.. she's fantastic to watch. I am grateful for having healthy, playful kitties.

Is there anything new I am grateful for? I am grateful it seems that my ISP has finally gotten my account straightened out.. it has only take 5.5 months. No really we moved in that long ago, and they just got it straightened out on the 30th of April! I am grateful that I have someone to take in our kitty, Muffin, that we have been trying to re home for a month. She should be moved in next week. I am grateful that the boys cleaned out the gerbil cage today. Midnight is so much happier!

Weather to Be Grateful

Some days we have much to be thankful for. Other days it is a challenge to remember to be thankful. Today was one of the later. The day turned so hot, and left us drooping in the heat. There is something about heat that drains the energy from you..

But that in itself reminds me to be thankful for the cold spell that came through last week. 

I am thankful for the chill of the dark night that releases the heat of the days. 

I am grateful for the subtle reminder to summer proof my house before it really gets hot. 

I am grateful for the knowledge of how the desert weather works so that I can use it in planning the insulation of my house. 

I am grateful for the sun that lights each day, and provides us with such warmth in the winter months.. 

Grateful On a Bad day

Today I can find more fault than to be grateful for. The wind was blowing so hard that the house was shaking all day, leaving me quite unsettled. The boys were running around like wild banshees, loud and free with careless abandon. The cats were jumpy.

And yet, I there are always things in my life to be grateful for. I am always grateful for my kids. Even on these wild days, they are still wonderful individuals. I am grateful for my kitty, Snowshoe. She has the softest fur, and her purr is the kind to melt the coldest heart. I am grateful for my cordless mouse. I love my little green mouse! I am grateful for my laptop, and for my true love that gave it to me. I am grateful that I am free and will wake up tomorrow to a new day.

Finding Gratitude On Bad Days

On a day when you wake up feeling just slightly off, you might start to wonder what you have to be grateful for. This morning as I posed that question to myself, my sense of sarcasm kicked in, and I found myself snapping.. I am grateful for my head hurting! I am grateful for being dizzy. I am grateful for the tickle in my throat telling me I am getting sick. Hmmph.. perhaps I should be grateful that I have an early warning system so keenly attuned. I can foretell my future, and yet am powerless to change it.

Although finding things to be grateful for on these days can be challenging, it is worth it to do so. Remember, what you feel today, is what you are creating tomorrow. Well, it might be further in the future, but you get my meaning. With practice, it does get easier. And soon you will always be able to see the brighter side of life, and find more happiness and fulfillment with it.

Today, I am grateful for my voice over phone line. Without it I would not be able to talk to the comfort of my life who lives across the ocean from me. The phone is like a lifeline of peace and security to me.
I am grateful that my children are all old enough to take basic care of themselves, and help each other. As a single mom, there is no one else around to take care of things when I am not well.
I am grateful for my laptop. Even if it is still a bit hot tempered.. Haha.. the way it likes to overheat so much.. I had forgotten my sheer joy in using it.. how my fingers seem to fly along the keys without hesitation, and the gently clicking sound of them being music to my ears.
I am grateful for the internet. Another lifeline of sorts.. it allows me to glance into the outside world and realize that there is sanity out there in places. It allows me to leave my physical surroundings and dwell in brighter, sunnier places full of intelligence and creative ideas.
I am grateful for my DVR. I love not having to watch shows when they are on, and not having to watch the commercials when I am ready to catch up on shows.
I am grateful that tomorrow is another day, and I do not have to drag any of the past with me, but can start afresh each day.