{"id":11,"date":"2008-11-26T12:01:00","date_gmt":"2008-11-26T12:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/descansos.org\/blog\/2008\/11\/ten-things-im-grateful-for\/"},"modified":"2008-11-26T12:01:00","modified_gmt":"2008-11-26T12:01:00","slug":"ten-things-im-grateful-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/descansos.psolis.com\/blog\/2008\/11\/ten-things-im-grateful-for\/","title":{"rendered":"Ten Things I’m Grateful For…"},"content":{"rendered":"

I received a comment from a reader, Cool Hand Luke<\/a>, that woke me up from my slumber. The comment said “don’t give up 5 minutes before the miracle…” And I saw that I was giving up! I have not been posting here for a while. And I have kept myself away. <\/p>\n

I like what Cool Hand Luke said: <\/p>\n

“Rest if you are tired,
yet do not cease your Divine work.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I have had personal tribulations, but I see now that I have allowed them to become excuses to keep me from staying on my path. So enough with the “why have I not..” and just get to it!!<\/p>\n

So I want to start, on this day before Thanksgiving, by creating a pattern of gratitude for myself. This pattern will allow me to focus on the positive and will allow me to take responsibility for my level of happiness. <\/p>\n

I am grateful for (in no particular order): <\/p>\n

1. The people in my life<\/strong>. Family, friends & acquaintances. Those that love me; those that walk with me; those that wake me up when I lose my way; and those that shove me back onto my path.<\/p>\n

2. Everybody that I meet<\/strong>. For they provide a unique experience in my life. The good ones, the bad ones the happy ones, the sad ones. They are all, equally important, companions on this journey we call life.<\/p>\n

3. The trials & tribulations of life<\/strong>, for they teach us the value of who we are and what we have become.<\/p>\n

4. My wife, son & dog<\/strong>. They are my everything. They fill my day with joy, laughter and love. I included my dog because I considered him a challenge & didn’t like him much. See we got him from the pound “for my son” was the reasoning, and he was unruly. My son & I have trained him & now he is ‘normal.’ He is loving and attentive even when I don’t want him around. Well I gotta love him for never giving up on me. He knew I would come around some day.<\/p>\n

5. Health & Happiness<\/strong>. Thankfully my family & I are healthy & happy. <\/p>\n

6. Waking up this morning<\/strong>. Everyday is a gift & a blessing from God. I cannot worry if tomorrow will come, I just have to enjoy the NOW. I will let the past go & be free of needing to have the future look a certain way.<\/p>\n

7. Music<\/strong>. It carries me when I am down and caresses me when I am lonely. It makes me happy and fills my heart with song.<\/p>\n

8. Fun, Joy & Love<\/strong>. No explanation required! These definately make life a lot easier. <\/p>\n

9. My computer & the Internet<\/strong>. It allows me to create an inner circle that is much bigger then even I can imagine. For example, you are reading this & I may not know who you are, but now we have something in common. We are united by these words & these thoughts. Please leave me a comment & let me know that you were here (even anonymously).<\/p>\n

10. God<\/strong>. My creator and companion. He guides me and with brilliant colors, paints the path so that I can see the way.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I received a comment from a reader, Cool Hand Luke, that woke me up from my slumber. The comment said “don’t give up 5 minutes before the miracle…” And I saw that I was giving up! I have not been posting here for a while. And I have kept myself away. I like what Cool […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[3,6,5],"class_list":["post-11","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-forgiveness","tag-healing","tag-hope"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/descansos.psolis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/descansos.psolis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/descansos.psolis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/descansos.psolis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/descansos.psolis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/descansos.psolis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/descansos.psolis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/descansos.psolis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/descansos.psolis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}